Zinedine Zidane has master-mined what has been one of the most exciting seasons in recent times in the history of the Spanish club Real Madrid.
The La Liga giants not only managed to beat Barcelona to the domestic league title but were also able to become the first team to retain the Champions League trophy when they beat Juventus at Cardiff not so long ago.
This has given them a chance to even better the squad as they will be able to attract the best talents in world football to the Bernabeu this summer.
Zidane has some plans up his sleeve for the summer transfer window and does not want to get deals done in a hurry.
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He is scouting for the right players in the right position and this will see him let go of a number of fringe players at the club this summer.
One such player who was expected to leave the club this summer is full-back Danilo.
Having joined the Bernabeu in a €30m+ deal a couple of years ago, the Brazilian international was expected to be the backup for Dani Carvajal in the first team.
However, he failed to live up to the expectations at the start of the season and was constantly booed by his home crowd.
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Reports emerged that Danilo wanted to quit the club, thanks to this treatment from the fans but Zidane was quick to come to his rescue and said, “We want the best version of Danilo. “I’m not 100%, but 1,000% with him because he is a player that I love,” at a time when his future at the club was in doubt.
These comments may have charged him up as he put in a couple of excellent performances late in the domestic season and also in Europe, to help Real Madrid to their successful campaign.
However, he was expected to be one of the first names to leave the club this summer but reports from Spanish news outfit Marca now claim that Zidane is ready to stick with him for another season.
Danilo has a contract that runs till 2021 and Zidane seems to be happy with his returns. But do you think Danilo should be sold this summer?