Mariano Diaz - The striker Real Madrid have stolen away from Sevilla

Mariano Diaz Mejia is poised to rejoin Real Madrid before the close of the summer transfer window in Spain on Friday, leaving Sevilla furious. Real Madrid boss Julen Lopetegui has spoken to Mariano to ask of his willingness to join Real Madrid after the club decided to exercise their buy-back option on the player who was on the brink of signing with Sevilla, according to AS. Mariano is under contract at Lyon until June 2022 but Goal understands that his move back to Madrid should be confirmed on Wednesday,  just over a year after moving to France for a measly €8m . Mariano would have arguably seen more game time at Sevilla, although he will would have been vying for a starting berth with the likes of Wissam ben Yeder, Andre Silva and Luis Muriel. After all, returning to Madrid has always been his goal, with Mariano stating last November : “I have a five-year contract with Lyon but going back to Madrid would be incredible, even if I decided it was best to leave the club in the summer. "It was the correct decision by Madrid to let me go: for me, for them, for Lyon. But it is true that it would be a dream for me to return in the future."

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