Real Madrid Complete The Signing Of Luka Jovic

By Joshua Walters

Real Madrid have reportedly completed the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt striker Luka Jovic for a fee of £52.4million.

Jovic has been successful on his loan deal at Frankfurt this season, with the German club having the option to sign him permanently from Benfica this summer.

As revealed by Sky in Germany, Real Madrid are currently set to acquire Jovic on a five-year contract as they hope to reinforce their assets as part of a summer rebuild.

Frankfurt will pay Jovic’s parent club Benfica around £10.5m of the transfer fee, as announced by Sky Sports.

Jovic has been brilliant this season as he has scored 27 goals in 47 appearances in all competitions, and helped Frankfurt reach the semi-finals of the Europa League.

Presently, it appears that the Serbia striker is set to join the Spanish giants, who are determined to enhance their current squad to compete in Europe next season.

With Real Madrid aiming to garnish their side, the current squad are trailing 18 points behind champions Barcelona going into the last day of the season.

After a splendid spell at Red Star Belgrade, Jovic joined Benfica in 2016 where he played just four times for the Portuguese side before moving to Frankfurt on a two-year loan deal.

Frankfurt will officially announce the striker’s move to the LaLiga outfit after their final Bundesliga away game against Bayern Munich.

The impressive run of the player attracted interests from top European clubs including Spanish champions Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus yet the White Angels emerged as the main suitor for the inform goal paocher.