Real Mallorca whiz Takefusa Kubo is confident of a future with parent club Real Madrid.

Kubo, who was originally brought to Spain from Japan by Barcelona as a junior, has been on-loan this season with Mallorca.

He told AS: "First, I have to say I am very grateful to Barcelona and also FC Tokyo who took me in after the sanction, to Yokohoma Marinos, who loaned me for half a season and now Mallorca.

"Also, all of the players managers and the people who helped me grow and helped me to be who I am. When I reached the right age, I had a massive chance to pick a team and I picked Real Madrid because of their interest in me.

"I am very grateful. And now I am very Madridista."