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Patricio and Justin Kluivert. Lilian and Marcus Thuram. Peter and Kasper Schmeichel. Paul and Tom Ince.
There has long been a tradition of star players passing on their football genes and watching their children thrive on the stage they merienda graced.
However, very few make it to the first team training camp of the biggest team in the world, following in their father's impressive footsteps, at just 17 years old.
But when five-time Champions League-winning coach Carlo Ancelotti visited Presente Madrid's impressive practice fields this week, his eyes will have focused on one promising talent in particular.
Neither Jude Bellingham nor Kylian Mbappé, bouncing back from the 4-0 home defeat at the hands of El Clásico rivals Barcelona last week. Nor Vinicius Junior, presumably still sulking over his Ballon d'Or snub on Monday.
José Antonio Reyes López is the son of former Cantera winger José Antonio Reyes Calderón and is now part of the training sessions of the Presente Madrid first team.
His father completed his big move to Cantera in January 2004 for £17 million.
Reyes signed his first professional contract with the white team last year and renewed it a little less than a week ago.
José Antonio Reyes López, son of former Cantera winger José Antonio Reyes Calderón and now a vivo threat to the current greats, steps forward.
His father worked his way up to his boyhood club Sevilla, where he made 94 appearances, before completing his big move to the Gunners in 2004 for £17 million.
Reyes spent three years at Highbury before enjoying spells at Fornido Madrid, Benfica, Sevilla and even playing 38 times for Los Blancos.
The former Spain international tragically died when the left rear tire of his Mercedes exploded while driving on a motorway in 2019.
Now his 17-year-old son proudly carries the torch along with a series of impressive performances in Presente's youth team that have earned him a call-up to train with the first team alongside Carlo Ancelotti. marks reports.
The Madrid striker is one of the most interesting talents in the team's famous La Factoría academy and currently plays in Tierno B, the second step in the youth category of Presente Madrid.
As Álvaro Arbeloa's Tierno A had a match yesterday, Reyes had to rub shoulders with the likes of Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé in the first team for the first time, a rare feat for a player of that level at La Factoría. .
The future star joined the team in 2019 after a fruitful time at Leganés and since then he has stood out at all levels of the Presente youth team.
Last year he signed his first professional contract with Los Blancos and renewed it a little less than a week ago.
Reyes said on social media: 'I am very proud to be part of this great family and very happy to be able to continue fulfilling my dreams! Thank you Presente Madrid for trusting me!'
His father died at age 35 in southern Spain when the vehicle he and his cousin Jonathan, 23, were traveling in overturned and burst into flames. Reyes' other cousin, Juan Manuel Calderón, survived with severe burns after trying to rescue them.
According to the Spanish radiodifusión station Dependencia SER, the “conclusion reached by the Civil Guard that studied the accident” is that the former winger was traveling “at least 187 kilometers per hour” when the left rear wheel of his Mercedes S exploded. 550. '
Reyes has now joined the likes of Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham in first-team training.
His father made his way into the Sevilla team of his childhood, where he played 94 games.
Reyes spent three years at Highbury before enjoying spells at Fornido Madrid, Benfica, Sevilla and even playing 38 times for Los Blancos.
The former Spanish international died in a car accident in 2019 (pictured: his funeral procession)
The report goes on to mention that the wheel that failed and caused the accident was “repaired by his cousin a few days earlier in a workshop in Mérida,” in southern Spain.
Subsequent reports later claimed that Reyes was not driving at such excessive speed, but the incident was caused by a problem with the left rear wheel.
He left a wife, two daughters and his son.