He Real Madrid suffered as one of his problems during a 2022-2023 season with little pleasure, the No replacement for Karim Benzema in a center forward role.

Alvaro Rodriguez made his first-team debut with a goal against Atlético Madrid, in addition to those he scored for Real Madrid Castilla in the First RFEF, and Mariano Diaz it practically doesn’t count for Carlo Ancelotti, with just 157 minutes for La Liga and six for the Champions League, without a goal.

Benzema is already 35 years old and this season has suffered a number of injuries and ailments that have put the brakes on his Ballon d’Or performance in 2022, despite still scoring. 29 goals in 41 games.

For this reason, one of the points indicated to be improved by Real Madrid in next transfer window He is the replacement for the Frenchman, who will wear the white for at least one more season. And while superstars like it Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland It’s dreams that seem to be for mid-2024, perhaps after Kareem leaves a more earthy name will emerge as a possibility for the next campaign.

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Joseluin front of him Spanish, would be that person being targeted according to Relevo. a player of his ideal profile for this rolewith his experience in 33 years old, past as a Madrid playermuch confidence to you scoring performance last seasons and affordable in the market, so low cost and even more so with Espanyol going second.

The Galician striker, born in Stuttgart, Germany, signed for Real Madrid in 2009 and after a year on loan at Celta de Vigo spent two seasons as a Real Madrid player, in which scored 40 goals for Real Madrid Castillaalongside colleagues such as Dani Carvajal and Álvaro Morata and He came to play two games with the first team in which he scored a goalfor both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, both coming on for Karim Benzema. In mid-2012 it was sold to German Hoffenheim.

After playing in the Bundesliga, Premier League and Deportivo La Coruna, Joselu returned to La Liga in the 2019-2020 season and since then scored 52 goals in 143 matches, being one of the top five goalscorers in La Liga over the past four seasons. In this campaign directly He converted 16 of Espanyol’s 47 goals and won his debut with the Spanish National Team, largely with a double to beat Norway in March.

Carlo Ancelotti has already given him his approval: he said in a press conference that he likes Joselu, “as well as other strikers like Iago Aspas or Álvaro Morata, to talk about the Spaniards”.

Joselu’s stats in the 2022-2023 season: goals and games