Florentino Pérez confirms Joselu’s arrival at Real Madrid

Florentino Perez, president of Real Madrid, recently revealed during a meeting with madridistas fans that the signing of the Spanish striker Joselu it’s right. The president also confirmed that the new reinforcement, coming from the Real Sociedad, arrives next week.

_{Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid, confirmed the arrival of Joselu (Photo: Franck Fife/AFP)}

Kylian Mbappe of Paris Saint-Germain and Tottenham’s Harry Kane, were names speculated to arrive in the merengue team, but Florentino made it clear that only Joselu and Bellingham, young half who came from Borussia Dortmund, will reinforce the team in this transfer window. Joselu arrives at Real Madrid to reinforce the club’s attack, which ended up suffering with the departure of some players, including Benzema, who went to Al-Ittihad, from Saudi Arabia.

As determined by Fabrizio Romano, Italian journalist, Joselu arrives at Real Madrid for loan until June 2024 and will reduce his salary to play for the club. Real Sociedad will receive 500 thousand euros (about 2.6 million reais) for the loan fee paid by Real Madrid and will have a purchase option of 1.5 million euros (almost 8 million reais).

Understand Real Madrid have finally completed Joselu deal — been told it’s signed, here we go!

Exclusive details of the agreement:

Loan until June 2024;

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€500k loan fee to Espanyol;

Buy option clause NOT mandatory for €1.5m;

Joselu will reduce his salary. pic.twitter.com/mgt7OKZu6k

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 17, 2023

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_{Tweet by Fabrizio Romano about Joselu’s agreement (Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/@FabrizioRomano)}

That will be the second pass of the attacker by Real Madrid. Joselu he had already defended the merengue shirt between 2009 and 2012, but he was not used much and, because of that, he was sold to Hoffenheim, from Germany. The Spaniard also played for other clubs in Europe, including Celta de Vigo, Stoke City and since the last season, the Real Society. At 2022-23 La Liga, Joselu scored 16 goals and two assists for Real Sociedad.

This Sunday (18), Joselu was champion of the UEFA Nations League with the Spanish national team, who won the Croatia by 5×4 on penalties. In penalties, the striker converted your charge and helped Spain to lift the cup.

Featured Photo: Joselu will stay at Real Madrid until June 2024. Reproduction/EFE