La Fabrica's prodigal trident make their mark on the Premier League
Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2017 by Marca.com
It's been five years since Real Madrid's Castilla team was led by three of the most exciting attackers to come through the club in recent times, and now the trio of Jese Rodriguez, Alvaro Morata and Joselu are all back in the same division.
Los Blancos' reserve side tore apart their Segunda B group, winning their play-off with Cadiz before each player went their separate ways.
Hoffenheim forked out 6 million euros for Joselu the following summer, and the target man went on to enjoy mixed spells across Europe with Eintracht Frankfurt, Hannover 96, Stoke City and Deportivo La Coruna, before joining Rafa Benitez's Newcastle United.
Back at Real Madrid, Morata was forced to continue his progression in the Segunda Division and scored 22 goals in the next campaign before finally get a crack at the first-team under Carlo Ancelotti.
It was the same time that Jese became a prominent player in the line-up, until serious injury struck, spiraling the winger away from Real and towards Paris Saint-Germain, where he failed to make his mark.
Subsequently, he spent six months at hometown team Las Palmas and is now at Stoke City, bagging on his debut in the 1-0 win over Arsenal.
As for Morata, he was shipped off to Juventus for two seasons and lifted two Serie A titles as well as delivering the Bianconeri to a Champions League final.
Back at Madrid for a year, he won a number of trophies but felt more inclined to be a star striker with a team like Chelsea, for whom he scored on his Premier League debut against Burnley, marking the Castilla trio's return to form in England.
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