How Stoke flop Joselu is surprisingly RELATED to one of his new Real Madrid team-mates as he completes shock transfer
REAL MADRID’S shock new signing Joselu will have a familiar face to help him settle in at the Bernabeu - his BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Los Blancos confirmed the loan signing of the striker, 33, from Espanyol this week - and declared that is their last piece of summer transfer business.
He became their second signing of the summer following Jude Bellingham’s £115m arrival from Borussia Dortmund last week.
The Spaniard, who has agreed a season-long deal that has an option to make it permanent, bagged just 10 Premier League goals in four years during stints at Stoke and Newcastle between 2015 and 2019.
He has since revitalised his career back in his native Spain, however, and has now returned to the club where his career began.
And he will have at least one familiar face to welcome him once he reports for pre-season in new team-mate Dani Carvajal.
They both came through the ranks at Madrid around the same time and the pair met their respective partners during those early stages of their careers, and it transpires that they are twin sisters.
Joselu and Melanie Canizares tied the knot in 2016 and have now been together for well over a decade.
And fellow Spanish international Carvajal, 31, married Daphne Canizares last year and the couple are expecting their second child together.
Melanie is a flight attendant and model while Daphne owns a company called “Blue Weddings” that specialises in organising weddings and social events.
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Carvajal spent one season in Germany with Bayer Leverkusen in 2012/13 but returned to Madrid and has remained there as part of the first-team set-up since, winning countless honours, including five Champions League crowns.
Joselu banged goals in for Real Madrid's B Team, but made just two first team appearances, scoring in both, before being sold to Hoffenheim.
After further spells with Eintracht Frankfurt and Hannover, Joselu joined Stoke for £5.75million in 2015.
He scored four goals in his debut Prem campaign, before being shipped out on loan to Deportivo.
In 2017 he joined Newcastle for £5m, going on to bag seven goals in 52 appearances for the Toon before joining Alaves two years later.
In 2022 he joined Espanyol for what was to be a prolific spell.
The 6ft 4in ace scored 16 goals in LaLiga last term, even breaking into the Spain squad in the process.
He came off the bench to score twice in a dream debut against Norway in March, before earning his first international start for La Roja in their shock 2-0 loss to Scotland.
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Now, after the duo helped Spain to Nations League joy at the weekend, they will be hoping for more joy this season with Madrid.
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