Zidane: "I asked Jovic"

The week of selections and with the teams (in the box) exercising in the storage room of their sports cities, Real Madrid recovered one of those recurring debates of recent months, since absolute silence is impossible in Valdebebas.

The composition of the forward and what to do with Luka Jovic, whose continuity this summer, a year after costing 60 million and scoring just two goals, was at the forward.

Borja Mayoral, on loan for the next two seasons at Roma, raised the question: “Zidane wanted me to stay.

I think the club listened to him and that is why he wanted to get Jovic out, "said the Madrid striker in Italy before regretting entering that puddle and apologizing.

This Friday, Zizou, the aforementioned, appeared again after 15 days of work in the shadow of Valdebebas and, when asked, assuming that indeed he did not want the Serbian to remain on the squad, he pulled on his ironic smile and assured: " I have asked Jovic.

We spoke with the club ”, he warned.

"Everyone can say what they want [in reference to the fact that he did not count on the Balkan] and I'm not going to get involved.

But talking nonsense ... is what it is.

I talk to the players, but they are private things.

The important thing is to be honest with them ”, he settled.

It was the only crumb moment in a press conference in which ZZ sought as little noise as possible.

This Saturday, the white team receives Cádiz (18.30, Movistar LaLiga) in the preview of starting the Champions League and facing the classic next Saturday at the Camp Nou.

“Now we have a block of seven games.

We are ready, ”he proclaimed before once again emphatically defending his rotation policy.

A necessity, in his opinion.

“The players, ours, never rest.

Now they have a stretch of matches, then they will leave with the national teams, they come back, they play, again with the national team, and so on continuously.

Others can get some rest.

It is what it is, I am not complaining.

I'm just explaining that you need to rotate.

I think you can win like this, we have shown it ”, he commented in a longer than usual answer, closed with the Frenchman's forgiveness for having extended.

He was a bit more unsettled when they asked him for an explanation of why he has been putting Vinicius more lately and the Brazilian coach, Rodrygo.

“I don't know, man, what am I going to answer you.

Well, I'm going to think for a second and ... In the end I'm going to answer you: I'll have both of them in the same way, ”he settled.

"Every game I will be judged," he had said a while before without giving it great importance.

“I feel valued because, at the moment, I have the position of coach, which is a very important responsibility.

Since this is not going to last a lifetime, what I do is 100%.

The position is not going to be forever and I will take advantage of it until the last day, "he said before getting up from his chair.

This Saturday he will once again develop an alignment that, right now, is unimaginable, as always.

Like when he lined up Jovic twice in a row alongside Benzema this season, the same times he did it all of last season.