Real Madrid will be searching for a new striker this summer, according to Carlo Ancelotti’s confirmation this week, with a backup option for Karim Benzema being a top priority for club executives.

Joselu Mato, who has been in superb form for Espanyol this season despite the Catalan team’s poor LaLiga performance, is one of the names on their shortlist.

Roberto Firmino is a different player that Real Madrid is considering, according to Fabrizio Romano, who also ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ that the Brazilian is one of the club’s top four or five targets for this summer’s transfer window.

Due to his decision to forego signing a new deal with Liverpool, where he has spent the majority of this season as a backup player, Firmino will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the current campaign.

Firmino may be a fantastic option to play with fellow countrymen Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior because of his tendency to pull wingers into play and the ꜰᴀᴄᴛ that his style of play would fit Ancelotti’s 4-3-3 system at Real Madrid.