Author: Joe Soriano

Joe Soriano is the Site Expert for Hotspur HQ and a Contributor around FanSided Soccer who has extensive experience covering world soccer. He has also covered pro wrestling, baseball, and American football, even co-authoring the baseball book "Cincinnati Reds IQ: The Ultimate Test of True Fandom". Joe was a Site Expert at The Real Champs covering Real Madrid as a dedicated writer from 2019 to 2022. Joe has watched professional sports regularly since 2002 and can be found playing the same sports he covers with his friends.

Real Madrid are trying to sign their next Joselu for nearly nothing
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Real Madrid are trying to sign their next Joselu for nearly nothing

Real Madrid have already upgraded their defense by signing starting-caliber Premier League studs Trent Alexander-Arnold at right back and Dean Huijsen at center back. They've even landed the next big thing in terms of young South American prospects from the Juni Calafat tree, as Franco Mastantuono is all but official as the next Real Madrid gem. So Real's upcoming focus on the summer transfer market is a goal-scoring striker: a steely veteran who finds the back of the net and does nothing else but find the back of the net as the Merengue No. 9. They have been wanting to target a profile similar to that of Joselu, who was a reliable source of goals off the bench or in games when an out-and-out striker was needed. Without his heroics against Bayern Munich, Real Madrid would not have...