The Fuenlabrada-born midfielder returned from Wales with a gold medal and the award for the tournament's top assist provider, having rediscovered the form that had gone missing during his first campaign in Real Madrid's first team. Yet he still doesn't know what new head coach Jose Mourinho has planned for him next season.
"I haven't spoken to him yet," Pitarch told AS ahead of the final against Germany.
Mourinho's initial plan is to bring Pitarch into pre-season training, meaning the 19-year-old will need to cut his holiday short if he wants to convince the Portuguese coach he deserves a place in the squad. That prospect doesn't unsettle a player whose defining trait is his calm, unbothered temperament.
The picture at Real Madrid is shifting in his favour regardless: Bernardo has arrived, Dani Ceballos has departed, and a further exit involving Eduardo Camavinga or another central midfielder would open up additional space in the rotation.
Suitors are not in short supply either. According to AS, the most persistent has been Malaga, who are searching for a difference-maker in central midfield capable of playing multiple positions following their promotion to the top flight.
On paper it isn't a bad option for Pitarch, who could establish himself as an undisputed leader at a La Liga club — except for one significant drawback: Malaga won't be playing in Europe. If he does have to leave, Pitarch's priority would be a club competing in the Champions League.
"I'd like to keep adding Champions League minutes next season," he said in his AS interview.
Amid a season Real Madrid will want to forget, Pitarch has been a rare source of genuine encouragement. His predecessor as head coach, Alvaro Arbeloa, blooded plenty of academy talent across his various squad selections — Aguado, Valdepeñas, Yáñez, Cestero, David Jimenez, Manuel Angel, Palacios, Leiva and Manu Serrano among them — yet none matched the impact of the player who went on to become the Under-19 tournament's MVP.
Pitarch made ten appearances in La Liga and six in the Champions League last season, starting in both legs against Manchester City and the first leg against Bayern Munich no less, a remarkable rookie campaign by any measure for a player still working out where his career goes next.