Mariano Díaz (27 years old) is still in a dead end. Never better said, since The Spanish-Dominican forward still does not give facilities to leave Real Madrid, despite the fact that Zidane has made it clear with his decisions that he does not count on him for his sports project. In this last season he only played seven games and scored a single goal. Of course, he knew how to choose because it was against Barça in the Clásico on March 1 at the Bernabéu.
But their situation, at the wardrobe level, is almost untenable. He knows that it will be one of the discards in case the entire squad is available and that he will have minutes in the first Cup games against lower-category rivals. That is not supported by an annual record of 4.5 million net. That was the obstacle that prevented him from signing for Benfica a week ago. The Lisbon club was willing to pay him his salary cap (2.5 million), but the player left asking for double (5). Already in the last winter market he rejected several offers. Mariano has accepted the role of staying even though he doesn't play. And he still has three years left on his contract with the white entity. Benzema and Jovic are ahead and in the future the name marked in red is Haaland. For this reason, Zidane does not understand that he does not accept to go out now if he wants to play football …