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Published 19:40 30 Aug 2018 BST
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The Dominican forward only left Madrid 14 months ago, but the Spanish giants activated a buy-back option and will reportedly shell out €22m for the 25-year-old.
Naturally, given that he's the first new(?) forward to arrive at the club since Ronaldo's exit, Mariano is going to be carrying a considerable weight of expectation on his shoulders in the months ahead . The fact he'll be wearing the number seven shirt might not exactly help him either, given its association with the club's all-time leading goalscorer.
Despite earlier claims that the club had assigned the seven shirt to Mariano, it's claimed by Goal that the player requested the number after signing his five-year deal.
Since Ronaldo left the club, several other members of the Real squad are said to have turned down the chance to wear seven this season - perhaps daunted at taking on the number after the Portuguese star's record-shattering run at the Bernabeu.
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