{"id":27554,"date":"2019-03-27T18:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T16:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=27554"},"modified":"2019-03-27T18:44:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T16:44:19","slug":"3-high-profile-players-zidane-should-bring-to-real-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/3-high-profile-players-zidane-should-bring-to-real-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"3 high-profile players Zidane should bring to Real Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said the following when announcing that Zinedine Zidane was returning to Real Madrid:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Zidane is French, so with Mbapp\u00e9 he could do something, no?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This quote makes us believe Real Madrid is planning on planning some high-profile acquisitions over the summer, re-establishing itself as the biggest football club in the world. Of course, spending money alone doesn\u2019t do miracles, but it is well-known that buying a few targeted star players can actually <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.sportingbet.com\/en\/sports\/p\/articles\/does-spending-breed-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bring success to the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish club already announced their first transfer for next season: Porto defender Eder Militao. The Brazil international has put pen to paper with Los Blancos until 2025, which makes him the first signing of Zinedine Zidane\u2019s second spell as Real Madrid manager.<br \/>\nThis makes us wonder, what other players should Zidane try to lure to Real Madrid?<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>Florentino Perez has been outspoken he would like to sign French international Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and we are sure he would get lots of love from the fans if the club was able to sign a player of his caliber. Having said that, the signing of Mbapp\u00e9 is a complicated case, Paris Saint-Germain usually buys players, they don\u2019t really sell players.<\/p>\n<p>But Zizou\u2019s return to Madrid could possibly change the situation. From a young age, Mbapp\u00e9 has dreamed of playing for Real Madrid and he has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/kylian-mbappe-clarifies-zidane-dream-comments-amid-real-madrid-links\/954916#RwxUBdtM6aHArA4i.97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">publicly admitted<\/a> his \u201cidol\u201d player is Zinedine Zidane. Recently, Mbapp\u00e9 has said that he could see himself <a href=\"https:\/\/en.as.com\/en\/2019\/01\/19\/football\/1547930237_085392.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">playing for Real Madrid<\/a> in the future. Though, the young Frenchman also reassured his current team by reiterating that he is very happy with how things are going for him at Paris Saint-Germain, stating he is still under contract until 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Would he be tempted to already make the move to the Spanish capital this summer? Will Mbapp\u00e9 respond to Real Madrid&#8217;s call? We will have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Eriksen<\/p>\n<p>The second player Real Madrid could try to sign for next season is Christian Eriksen. If we can believe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Christian_Eriksen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Independent<\/a>, Christian Eriksen is one of Real Madrid\u2019s priorities. Eriksen\u2019s current contract ends in 2020 and Real could capitalize on this, Tottenham will not want to let their star player go for free. If the Dane doesn\u2019t sign a new deal, they will have to sell him this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Zizou is a big fan of Eriksen and sees a crucial role for him as an attacking midfielder in Real\u2019s team next season. His high-quality passing would certainly help in Real Madrid playing a more offensive style with a lot of ball-possession. Especially alongside a more experienced player as Luka Modric, who will soon be extending his contract, Eriksen could learn from him. Erikson would potentially replace Toni Kroos on the midfield, who might be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/football\/premier-league-transfer-news-february-23-2019-toni-kroos-real-madrid-chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leaving for Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eden Hazard<\/p>\n<p>Eden Hazard has stated publicly he thinks Real Madrid is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9sportpro.com\/17817\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best team in the world<\/a> and it\u2019s no a secret the Belgian star wants to join Real this summer. Hazard as a kid dreamed to one day become a player of Real Madrid and it\u2019s likely his wish will finally come true. Now that Zinedine Zidane has returned to Madrid, the chances are high Hazard will follow him in a few months. The Belgian has always idolized Zidane and has declared publicly it &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2017\/11\/10\/eden-hazard-playing-zinedine-zidane-would-dream-idol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">would be a dream<\/a>&#8221; to play under French manager Zidane. When Hazard was young, he would watch the Frenchman for hours on the TV and the internet, trying to mimic his moves on the pitch. Out of the 3 players in this list, Hazard is the most likely one to join Real Madrid this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, Real has been lacking a top player who can make the difference when the game is not going as it should. Can Real Madrid make the necessary purchases to make the Spanish club the best football club in the world once again? If they would succeed in signing all three of the players in this list, there is no doubt Real Madrid would be the number one favorite to win the next edition of the Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid president Florentino Perez said the following when announcing that Zinedine Zidane was returning to Real Madrid: &#8220;Zidane is French, so with Mbapp\u00e9 he could do something, no?&#8221; This quote makes us believe Real Madrid is planning on planning some high-profile acquisitions over the summer, re-establishing itself as the biggest football club in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3947,3948,3945,3946,618,3949],"class_list":["post-27554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-christian-eriksen","tag-eden-hazard","tag-florentino-perez","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-spanish-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}