Hours after learning that the future of defender Nacho Fernández points to Saudi Arabia, Real Madrid could suffer another new loss in its squad soon. As reported yesterday by a national radio station, Joselu Mato could also leave the white discipline.
Fabrizio Romano, an Italian journalist expert in the transfer market, reported that the Spanish striker would be quite close to reaching an agreement with Al-Gharafa of the Qatari league. “Ancelotti wanted to keep Joselu but he is ready to start a new stage,” he commented yesterday on his official profiles.
The forward returned to the merengue team last season on loan from Espanyol. The striker, who made his debut in 2011 with the Chamartín entity, has been a key player in recent months in the squad led by Carlo Ancelotti, which has finished the season at a very high level with the conquest of the League and the Champions League. .
In fact, his two goals in the second leg of the continental championship semifinals, against Bayern Munich, paved the way for the Spanish team to the Wembley final. In the English stadium, Real Madrid beat German Borussia Dortmund to lift the Fifteenth. Joselu also had minutes in that clash.
Despite the departure of Karim Benzema last summer, the Stuttgart-born striker was able to fulfill his role from the bench, finishing the campaign with 17 goals scored in all competitions.
Everything indicated that the white team was going to have the forward for one more season, given his good performance. However, it seems that the Spanish international will change his scene soon.
Real Madrid has reinforced its forward line with the additions of the young Brazilian Endrick, 17, and the French star Kylian Mbappé. Two players who increase competition in the attacking area and who, a priori, could take minutes away from the 34-year-old footballer for this next season.
Even so, if his departure is confirmed, the Merengue club would lose a player with a different profile, with a great nose for goal and presence in the aerial game. Furthermore, the whites will compete in a long campaign with seven titles at stake.
