Zinedine Zidane is in awe of Neymar’s trickery on the ball amid ongoing speculation Real Madrid are keen to sign the Barcelona star.
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“We played a good game against Villarreal [a 1-0 defeat last Saturday] but we missed out on the points, and I think we have the quality to do something good on Sunday. Only a win is any good for us.” .
“The players all know we can still win the league”, he stressed.
With Luka Modric describing new boss Zinedine Zidane as his “idol”, ESPN FC’s Craig Burley questions whether great players make great managers.
Madrid will still be without Gareth Bale when they take on Granada due to a calf injury and Zidane has stressed they will not rush the Welshman back into action.
Real Madrid are now third in La Liga and have some way to go if they are to close the gap on league leaders Barcelona.
Madrid have gone three consecutive games without winning away from home (D2 L1) – a sequence that has not occured in the same season since 2008/09.
“We all know what the situation is like and that it will be hard, but we will do everything we can”. We are also said to have first refusal on the attacking midfielder, so if another club does decide to offer Madrid morte money for their player then Arsene Wenger would be given the option to match it and still get his man.
“I feel a certain admiration for Cristiano”, he said.
Youssef El-Arabi says Granada can spring a shock against Real Madrid on Sunday if they can replicate the performance they produced earlier this season.
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“It is always nice to hear that the player who I admired during my childhood is talking about me”, Hazard told La Capitale. I can understand that his opponents don’t like it when he fools about too much on the pitch, but the way he plays certainly brings a lot of spectacle. “There are people who like it, others do not. For the fans to enjoy themselves”.
