Joselu arrives at Real Madrid on loan with an option to buy

He Real Madrid announced the inclusion of the Galician international striker this Monday Joselu Matowho arrives on loan from Espanyol in a deal that includes possibility of purchase at the end of the next season.

Joselu, 33, will be unveiled this Tuesday at Real Madrid Sports City in Valdebebas, after celebrating the Nations League title won with the Spanish side in the Netherlands this Monday, beating Italy in the semi-finals with his late goal. match and Croatia in the penalty shootout in which he also scored.

An invitation to the national team, like a return to Real Madrid, which was won thanks to 16 goals scored this season with Espanyol, as the Spanish player with the most goals scored in La Liga Santander. Despite this, the Catalan club fell in the category even after this Joselu returns to the white teamwith which he made his debut on May 21, 2011 after two seasons (2010-2012) of playing in Castilla, the first branch of Madrid.

He finished as the best in both campaigns the best scorer of the team and in the second, he was key to the branch’s promotion to the second league after scoring 19 goals in the regular season and seven more in the playoffs.

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After coming through the Real Madrid academy, Joselu continued his journey in Germany -Hoffenheim (2012-13), Eintracht Frankfurt (2013-14) and Hannover 96 (2014-15)-; England —Stoke City (2015-16), Newcastle (2017-19)—; and Spain —Deportivo (2016-17), Alavés (2019-22) and Espanyol (2022-23)—.

The trajectory Real Madrid contemplated in announcing his signing on their website. “Ancelotti’s team was strengthened by an experienced footballer who scored goals in the three major leagues in which he played. He signed 58 of them in Spain, adding 22 in the Bundesliga and 10 he added in the Premier League,” he said.

Except, Josel He established himself in the Spanish team that this Monday celebrates the League of Nations title won on Sunday and in which the striker was important because he scored the winning goal in the semi-final against Italy, and in the final he transformed his shot against Croatia into a penalty shootout.

With his arrival, he joins the newcomers to the team presented in recent weeks: Fran García, Brahim Díaz and the Englishman Jude Bellingham.