Luka Jovic has the handle of the exit door of Real Madrid, but while his assignment is consummated (United is the closest to getting the loan from the striker) Zidane counts on him until the last minute. The French coach chose to repeat against Valladolid the attack that started against Betis with the Serbian accompanying Benzema at the top of the white team. “Here we are all and I will count on all the players who have a card,” said Zizou in the run-up to the Blanquivioletas' visit.
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Madrid have four center forwards on their squad: Benzema, Jovic, Mayoral and Mariano. The club faced the market to find a way out for the last two. In fact, in principle, that of Parla was in the preseason of passage waiting to specify destination. But the progress of the weeks turned the situation around and The possibility has been opened that it is Jovic, with a loan, who goes out to enjoy minutes and regain the confidence and the scoring nose that caught the attention of Madrid.
Offers had come to the white offices, mainly from Italy: Rome, Inter and Milan wanted the Balkan. But in recent days, the option of Manchester United has emerged with force, which is strongly postulated for Jovic to be blanked in the Premier League. Five days before the market closes on Monday, October 5, Zidane again granted ownership to the Serbian to show him in the Di Stéfano window with Benzema.
A formula, the Benzema-Jovic binomial, that Zidane only used as headlines last season in two games (in Villarreal and in Mallorca) in a campaign in which only 238 minutes coincided on the field. Against Valladolid it was 57 minutes that shared a gap in the team. The one in Mallorca had also been Odriozola's last game with Madrid in the League, which reappeared in the starting line-up after his transfer at Bayern. He was also substituted at 57 ', in his case to give Carvajal entry. Marcelo, on the other side, was the other novelty of an eleven that was completed by Courtois in goal, Varane and Ramos in centrals and Casemiro, Valverde, Modric and Isco in midfield.