The transfer window is getting crazier and crazier… especially when it affects English clubs. After the staggering transfers of Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali to Tottenham, Morgan Rogers to Chelsea and Elliot Anderson to Manchester City, it is Fulham’s turn to crack. The London club managed to convince Real Madrid to sell Gonzalo Garcia. It must be said that he knew how to find the arguments with a big swing of his checkbook.
Initially reluctant to lose their young 22-year-old striker, Casa Blanca ended up giving in after seeing the offer of €40 million in exchange for 70% of the player’s rights. The transfer is now official. “Real Madrid CF and Fulham FC have reached an agreement for the transfer of our player Gonzalo García. Gonzalo arrived at Real Madrid in 2014 at the age of 10 and spent eleven seasons with the club. In the first team jersey, he won a Club World Cup and a Spanish championship title. Gonzalo has always embodied the values of Real Madrid. Our club thanks him for his commitment and dedication over all these years. Real Madrid, which will always remain his home, wishes him and his family the best for this new stage of his life.“.
Real couldn’t say no
Promising but barred by strong competition embodied by Kylian Mbappé, Vinicius and Endrick, the Spaniard would have fought with the last city for a place of second knife. He wanted to get more playing time and the Fulham option had a lot of positive arguments. He reunites with his former coach at Real Madrid, Alvaro Arbeloa, who believed in him a lot, and will discover the Premier League, the most competitive championship in the world.
Revealed during the Club World Cup in the summer of 2025 during which he scored 4 goals, Garcia then had less opportunity to play (39 matches in all competitions, 8 goals, 3 assists). Whether with Xabi Alonso then with Arbeloa, he was often content with a replacement role, even if Kylian Mbappé’s physical problem during the winter sometimes allowed him to enter the starting lineup. This time, the attacker will have more continuity on the Cottagers side. To replace him, Real have already got their hands on Carlos Espi.
