Borja leaves Real Madrid.

Borja Fernandez, 25, left Real Madrid on Wednesday and joined Segunda Liga club Valladolid until 2010. The centre-midfielder, a product of Real's youth academy, spent last season on loan at Mallorca after struggling to break his way into the first team.

The player has decided that he should be playing more football and opted to leave the club based in the capital after a long association.

Great things were expected of him, but he only made 34 appearances for Los Blancos in the seasons 2003/04 and 2004/05.