Joselu smiles as he relives the month of August. The birth of his first child, Leo. Signing for Newcastle United. A debut goal in a 3-0 victory. A standing ovation from 52,000 supporters and a personal message from Alan Shearer. ‘Wow,’ he says. But there were tears, too.
He takes a breath, then explains: 'My dad died in late June. It was sudden. He was not sick. He just stayed asleep. We still don’t know why. I had been in Barcelona at a wedding. My sister called to tell me.
‘So when my son was born, my mum cried a lot, she knows my dad will never meet him.