The former Real Madrid forward Mariano Diaz ended both of those personal droughts within the first 20 minutes of a friendly between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico this week.

FORMER Real Madrid star Mariano Diaz once had the world at his feet. However, now at the age of 30, Mariano finds himself navigating the football wilderness after becoming a free agent. The Spanish… ...

Despite all this, Mariano Diaz did admit he was happy to return to Real Madrid in the first place. Advertisement “I was very happy to return to Real Madrid, then the number 7 and all those days.

The Real Madrid number seven shirt vacated by Cristiano Ronaldo has not remained empty for long, as Mariano Diaz has taken it for 2018-19.