Zidane: "HBD to our captain. Who is fundamental to this team & club. This is his home & the way he looks after himself, will end up playing for many more years than me. A professional & a leader."
Zidane: "Courtois wont be there for tomorrow after an issue with his right thigh which doctors are looking at. I don't think he'll be out for long.
Zidane: "Varane is very happy, committed & has done phenomenally well for the 8 years he's been here and I don't agree with what's being talked about recently."
Pique?
Zidane: "I don't know what he said."
Rumors?
Zidane: "I won't talk about those who aren't mine."
Zidane: "We have the best players in the world who know what it means to be here. Not everyone has the capacity to play at Real Madrid & everyone we have want to stay.. Just like Marcelo and the others. I don't need to tell them anything. They already know."
Zidane: "It felt as if I never left. Madrid is my home & I was around watching games here. Spanish people welcomed me phenomenally (again) & I don't just mean the club but the city as a whole. It is important to live well & here I do. No one can erase what Bale's done for us."
Zidane: "Bale is important. We count on him. Everyone knows what he's done for this club & what he brings to this team. Luca? He's our 3rd GK & I won't tell you who plays tomorrow."
€280m for Mbappe.
Zidane: "He's not ours so I won't speak about him, out of respect for Kylian, PSG but above all.. out of respect for my players.. We know what type of player he is. We can't say if a player is worth €100 or €150m. The price of a player is what a club pays."
Zidane: "When Real Madrid signed me for €72m, everyone said the price was crazy and in the end look at what happened. We can't judge the price or worth of players. Varane? I see him very well. There will always be rumors. Every team would like to have great players."
Zidane: "I like Pogba a lot. That's not something new. He's a different player who contributes a lot and there are very few who add to the team in the way he does. A midfielder who can defend, attack, build play... Truly unique, but he belongs to MUFC so we respect that."
Zidane: "Benzema? Possibly his best season, he's had them before. Even when he didn't score, he never gave up. Even when they always kept criticizing him, he never stopped trying. He's been here for a decade. His quality has never surprised me."
Zidane: "Pogba is not a player of my team but someday if there's a chance he wants to leave after his experience in Manchester, why not come to Madrid? Varane knows who he is & what he's achieved. He's our 4th captain & is doing well here."
A very modest Zidane: "I know Pogba personally. He knows how to do everything on the pitch. He has always said he liked Madrid, but especially Real more than Zidane & his desire to come here if 1 day he gets the chance when he wants to leave United."