Carlos Espí has the exact fearless mentality Real Madrid demand

In a very short time, one of Real Madrid's new signings, Carlos Espí, has already impressed the club and its fans. Espí has not played a lot of football, but despite that, he has improved. The team does well whenever he comes off the bench, and there are a lot of things to like about the player on and off the pitch.

Every single time he plays for the club, he provides the team with a lot of good aerial presence and some brilliant one-touch passing to move the ball around quickly. His finishing is very good as well, but what Espí provides off the pitch is something that will keep him hungry and humble for the foreseeable future. His mentality, despite being such a young player, is off the charts.

No one talks about it, but Espí just seems like the perfect player to have in a squad. That is not meant as a squad player, but just a player who is on the squad simply because of how his mentality would rub off on other players as well.

In a recent interview while on international duty, Espí was asked about why he came to Real Madrid, to which he said, "I came to Real Madrid to learn and improve. I'm going for a fight for Real Madrid. I'm going for everything." That is what he said a couple of days ago, and it has just stuck with a lot of fans because of the mentality and the hunger that the player has to succeed at the biggest club in the world.

It is also worth noting that he is open to learning, which is necessary for the age he is at right now. Even when Espí talks about Kylian Mbappé, he mentions trying to soak everything up and learn as much as he can from the Frenchman. He says, "Kylian Mbappé deserves the Ballon d'Or. Every training session he does, I try to soak up everything he tells me. I am impressed by how good he is. It is a pride."

Even his statement about Jose Mourinho, who has worked with him for a couple of months now and has also praised him several times during the time span, was really good to read. It was a very heartwarming quote by Espí about the manager, and it just goes to show how brilliant Mourinho is to work with, especially for young players.

Espí said, "Jose Mourinho is incredible. He is very close to us, very demanding, and that is a very good thing. It is great to have him so close to me, telling me what I did well and what I did badly. I am very happy with Jose."

Ultimately, whether you succeed or fail at Real Madrid doesn't have to be just about how you play football. It has also got to do with the mentality that you play it with and how you're able to overcome stressful situations off the pitch. Espí, at the moment, despite being such a young player, is managing that perfectly. Hopefully, that is also rubbing off on teammates who are around his age, because it is important to have such strong personalities even if they are very young players.

Espí has been brilliant for Real Madrid. He is already turning into a fan favourite of sorts, and hopefully he keeps getting more minutes and improving as a football player as well as a person in the process.