40-year Old Signs Contract Extension As Real Madrid Look To Italy For Benzema Backup

Written By Onyeka Daniel

For the coming season, it looks like Spanish La Liga side, Real Madrid are well protected in every area of the team.

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They brought in Aurelien Tchouameni from Monaco, while Antonio Rudiger will beef up the defense, but they still have one area to strengthen and that is the attack.

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After letting Luka Jovic to join Fiorentina on a for free, the Los Blancos have just Karim Benzema as the only recognized centre striker and have been linked with several players.

The likes of Edin Dzeko and Mauro Icardi has been mentioned but a new name has now emerged, former Real Madrid player, Borja Mayoral.

Mayoral started out from the Real Madrid Castilla team, before joining up with the main team in 2015. He failed to make much impact before he was sent out on loan to Wolfsburg and later to Levante and then Roma in Italy.

The Spaniard spent 18 months at the Stadio Olimpico from October 2020 to January 2022, before moving on to Getafe in the latter part of the season.

His return to the Santiago Bernabeu would make sense as he’s already familiar with the environment and would also be content to play backup while also possessing an eye for goal.

At Roma, he made 56 appearances in all competitions, scoring 18 goals, before he was pushed aside by the arrival of Tammy Abraham. At Getafe, he scored six goals in 18 appearances.

Meanwhile…

Real Betis have announced that they have reached an agreement with their 40-years old winger, Joaquin over renewing his contract with the club until 2023.

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Joaquin joined Betis at 16 and has become one of the most important figures in Spanish football of the last 20 years. He became the player to have played more games for Betis than anyone else during the 2020/21 season.

He was instrumental for the club as they lifted the Copa Del Rey trophy and helped them finish fifth on the La Liga table last season, narrowly missing out on UEFA Champions League, something they would like to remedy this coming season.

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