Fulham announce signing of Gonzalo Garcia on five-year deal from Real Madrid

[p]The 22-year-old enjoyed his most productive season last term, scoring eight goals for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Madrid[/a], including six in La Liga. His tally featured a hat-trick against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/betis/vJbTeCGP/"]Real Betis[/a] in January.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/garcia-gonzalo/pWxyEyDA/"]Garcia[/a] has signed a contract with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fulham/69ZiU2Om/"]Fulham[/a] until 2031, with the club holding an option to extend the deal by a further year.[/p][p]Spanish media reported the transfer fee to be around 40 million euros (£34 million), while Madrid are understood to have retained a 30% sell-on clause.[/p][embed guid="217645ce-169c-463b-84dc-790260cefca6" url="https://x.com/FulhamFC/status/2084368708168728757?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Fulham appointed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arbeloa-alvaro/CO9bjrLo/"]Arbeloa[/a] as head coach earlier this summer. The Spaniard previously worked within Madrid's youth set-up before taking over the top job after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alonso-xabi/hAcTWKKN/"]Xabi Alonso[/a] was sacked in January.[/p][p]Garcia was not the only young Spaniard to make the move from Madrid to west London. Attacking midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/perez-cesar/8d2U9MPp/"]Cesar Palacios[/a], 21, also joined Fulham after breaking into the Real first team under Arbeloa in recent months.[/p][embed guid="3176e624-095b-4eea-b1ae-35d44087933c" url="https://x.com/FulhamFC/status/2084381290426515967?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Madrid, who hired Portuguese veteran Jose Mourinho as coach to replace Arbeloa, are overhauling their squad after going two consecutive seasons without a major trophy.[/p]