Fulham club has completed its agreement with Real Madrid to sign the team's young duo for its squad during the current summer transfer window.
Cesar Palacios
Club: Real Madrid
Gonzalo Garcia
Club: Real Madrid
The Athletic revealed that Fulham signed the duo Gonzalo Garcia and Cesar Palacios, Real Madrid players, for 50 million euros.
Gonzalo Garcia is valued at 40 million euros, while Palacios is valued at 10 million euros, with a clause for 30% of any future sale.
The two players will join their former coach at Real Madrid, Alvaro Arbeloa.
Garcia and Palacios are replacements for Harry Wilson, who left for Leeds United, and Raul Jimenez, who left for free and returned to his former club Wolverhampton.
Fulham had previously signed Jonah Kusi Asare from Bayern Munich, after he spent a season on loan.
Garcia attracted interest from several European clubs after being promoted to the first team and participating in 39 matches last season, most of them as a substitute.
Garcia scored 8 goals, including a hat-trick against Real Betis in January, and half of his goals came under Arbeloa after he took charge in January succeeding Xabi Alonso.
The 22-year-old Garcia won the top scorer award at the Club World Cup last summer with 4 goals.
As for Palacios, he participated in 7 matches with the first team, 5 of them in La Liga, after being promoted to the first team last January.
Arbeloa signed a 3-year contract with Fulham this summer, to replace Marco Silva, who joined Benfica as Mourinho's successor, who replaced Arbeloa at Real Madrid.