Joselu Mato leaves Real Madrid and is now a new player Al-Gharafa SC Qatari, with whom he signed a three-year contract, until 2027, in the midst of the dispute of the Euro 2024 from Germany with the Spanish selectionas confirmed by both clubs.
Real Madrid exercised the purchase option it had on Thursday 1.5 million euros by Joselu at Spanish and this Friday he made his departure for Qatar official.
The Galician striker has decided not to continue with the Madrid team due to the arrival of the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé and the Brazilian Endrick as reinforcements up front for next season. On his return to Real Madrid, where he had already played two years in the youth team, in Castilla, he scored 18 goals and won the Champions League, The league and the Spain Supercup.
Real Madrid thanked Joselu for his “professionalism and Madridism” in a statement, and wished him “a lot of luck” in his new stage in the final stretch of his football career.
Minutes after the news was announced, Joselu said goodbye to Real Madrid and thanked them for “the best year” of his life after making a “very complicated” decision after fulfilling his “dream.”
“The time has come, I simply thank Real Madrid for the best year of my life,” he assured EFE at the Donaueschingen base camp just after his farewell to Real Madrid was made official.
“I have fulfilled the dream of playing for the team of my life, since I was little, scoring goals at the Bernabéu, winning titles. It has been a very difficult decision, we spent a lot of time thinking about it and in the end we consider it to be the best option. It has been carefully thought out with my family and the people around me. It has been very difficult for me to make it but it is the right one,” he explained.
Joselu feels that he is leaving Real Madrid after fulfilling the great desire of his career and prepared for new challenges due to his desire to continue competing. “I have fulfilled the dream of any Real Madrid fan and I am very proud of everything I have taken away.”
“I have considered myself a Real Madrid fan since I was a child and the opportunity I have had to play for Madrid and the moments I have lived will never be forgotten in my career. I am left with everything, since the first day I stepped foot in Valdebebeas for my presentation, The first day I returned to play at the Bernabéu, to play again with the best in the world… it is priceless. I will remember it all my life,” he confessed.
