Real Madrid are no longer expected to pursue a new striker during the summer transfer window, with reports suggesting new manager Xabi Alonso has been won over by the emergence of young Gonzalo García.
After joining the club earlier this summer, Alonso made it clear he wanted a new striker to offer an alternative profile to Kylian Mbappé. The example given was Joselu, a physical presence happy to spend most of his time on the bench, as was the case during the towering forward’s 2023–24 loan spell at the Santiago Bernabéu.
