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The rights to Joselu Mato now fully belong to Real Madrid but the Galician’s days at the Chamartín club are numbered. The entity chaired by Florentino Pérez has paid Espanyol the 1.5 million euros stipulated in the purchase option that both clubs agreed to last summer when they agreed to transfer the forward. However, the transfer is nothing more than a mere formality intended to pave the way for the Spanish international to join Qatari football.
Although Real Madrid had conveyed to Joselu their wish for him to remain wearing the white shirt for one more season, the appearance of a succulent offer to the forward from Al Gharafa, a club founded in 1979 and based in Doha, altered the scenario completely. . The 8.5 million net euros that Al Gharafa put on the table as a salary to be received represented a very seductive proposal for a striker who had the role of a catalyst at Real Madrid and who turned 34 on March 27. Hence, after talking with his family, the man from Silleda decided to pack his bags and put an end to a brief but successful stay at the club of his life that had its climax with the achievement of the Decimoquinta, preluded by the double he scored. the attacker in the semi-final second leg against Bayern Munich.
However, to complete his move to Qatar, it was necessary for Al Gharafa to reach an agreement with Espanyol, the club that continued to be the owner of his rights. The parakeets had valued his sale to Real Madrid at 1.5 million euros, but Mao Ye Wu, Chen Yansheng’s trusted man at Espanyol, was quick to remember that his termination clause for other clubs was significantly higher. “He has another clause if he wants to go to another team that is much higher,” said the manager after remembering that the forward had “one more year on his contract” as long as Real Madrid did not execute the purchase option it had. “He has until June 30, unless he tells us that he does not want to exercise it,” he added.
It is at this juncture that Real Madrid has come into action to do a favor for Joselu, a footballer who has earned the appreciation of the club with the absolute professionalism that he has shown throughout the last season and offering a performance above expectations: eighteen goals and three assists in just over 2,000 minutes on the pitch. After paying the 1.5 million euros that Joselu’s transfer cost, the Chamartín club will transfer him for the same amount to Al Gharafa starting July 1, when the market opens. There, Joselu, currently embarking on the Euro Cup with the Spanish team and who had also heard siren songs from Saudi Arabia, will begin a new professional adventure with a two-year contract that could be extended for another year.
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2024-06-27 14:01:49
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