Liverpool hero tops Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid shopping list

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Zinedine Zidane, who returned as Bernabeu coach earlier this month to replace the sacked Santiago Solari, has been impressed by the Senegal international.

Both Marca and L'Equipe believe that the Reds forward is top of the Frenchman's wish list for his summer recruitment drive.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.