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Zidane remains coy on Neymar

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Zinedine Zidane has hinted that Real Madrid could end up signing Neymar before the end of the transfer window. Real Madrid are reportedly trying to sign the Brazilian as he continues to be unsettled in Paris.

Barcelona is his choice of destination. However, as his desire to leave PSG outweighs his desire to join the Catalans, he has not gone public with it. As such, he has kept his options open.

"Neymar is not [in our squad] but until September 2nd, anything can happen."

"We are here with the squad that we have and we are only thinking about that.

"Bale and Rodriguez are two players of our squad, but anything can happen [until the end of the transfer window]. James Rodriguez is a Real Madrid under contract player, he was not called but everything can change."

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