ZINEDINE ZIDANE wants Neymar’s projected move to Real Madrid out of the headlines – until after the Champions League final against Liverpool.
The Bernabeu chief shrugged off mounting talk Real will bring Paris Saint-Germain’s former Barcelona superstar back to Spain before the World Cup.
Zidane insisted his focus for now is all on Real winning their last three La Liga games and the showpiece in Kiev on May 26.
Speculation that Brazil striker Neymar will join Real for a deal shattering his world-record £192million move to France last summer has been hotter than ever this week.
But ESPN report Zidane as saying: “[Neymar] is not my player. I am not getting into this.
“I am just concerned with finishing the season well.”
Nonetheless, former Bernabeu and Germany midfielder Paul Breitner told his country’s TV station Sport 1: “Neymar will be very important next year for Real Madrid.”
And Spanish daily sports newspaper AS headlined a story on Wednesday morning: “Neymar is negotiating with Real Madrid.”
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The fee would be somewhere between 260-300million Euros – £227.5m to £262.5m.
That compares to Neymar’s switch from Barca to PSG last August for 220m Euros, which was then about £198m.
Real’s main man Cristinao Ronaldo is said to have been involved in talks over Neymar teaming up with him next term.
And Zidane says Portugal skipper Ronaldo will be fit to face Liverpool in Ukraine despite exiting Real’s 2-2 draw with Barcelona on Sunday at half-time with an ankle injury.
Zidane said: “Everyone will be okay for the final – Cristiano, Isco and Carvajal.
“Cristiano is the one who will be out longest, as it just happened two days ago. But he is good, he’s walking normally.
“Nobody will have any problems for the final, they will all be at 150 per cent.”
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