These are the players that Zidane wants to keep at any cost

These are the players that Zidane wants to keep at any cost

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Zinedine Zidane and Florentino Perez have been planning the Real Madrid squad for next season during the last few weeks.

The fans are expecting an overhaul, as many players are reaching the final stage of their careers and other have not performed at the expected level.

The latest reports from Spain suggested that Los Blancos could let up to ten players go in the summer transfer market. However, it seems that some of them will finally stay.

According to Spanish website Fichajes.net, the French manager has already decided which players he wants to keep.

Zidane wants the eleven players who started against Wolfsburg on Tuesday to remain in the squad. Those eleven men are Keylor Navas, Daniel Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema.

According to these reports, the Frenchman also wants to keep Raphael Varane, Danilo, Lucas Vazquez and Jese Rodriguez.

The rest of the players are not essential for Zidane and he wouldn’t mind to see them leave. Thus, James Rodriguez, Isco, Kiko Casilla, Nacho Fernandez, and Mateo Kovacic could be given permision to negotiate with other clubs. Alvaro Arbeloa will also leave as his contract is expiring.

The most surprising about these reports is the fact that Pepe could stay at the Santiago Bernabeu. The Portuguese has turned 33 years old and many expected him to leave, but it seems like Zidane believes he can still perform at a high level for at least one more season.

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17 COMMENTS

  1. Comment:I commence the of the management a big kudos to zidane.
    I guess the management know what’s best suit the team and know who to keep and who to consider leaving but the question now is that what are the plans for transfer to replace these players…
    Also the like of kovacic leaving the club is not ideal because of his positive impact he made on the pitch,, ,,he his a game changer….
    lastly why is danilo not among the list of outgoing players….

  7. I didn’t see the reason of keeping Danilo becouse i can see to make an accurate pass and shell a good pull out has become a big deal. Let Danilo leave please.

  10. Comment:zaindane can still leave does players he want but he should have leave james alone cause james is still better than benzema in my own idea selling james is not a good idea for real madrid selling benzema is a very good idea and buying grizzman to replace him

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