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Ferland Mendy and a list of defenders

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Ferland Mendy is a player of Zidane’s liking and the Galacticos have been linked with the Frenchman for a while now. Even though Reguilon had an outstanding season, Zidane does not seem to be too convinced by the Spaniard's qualities.

As a result, he wants the Lyon star to compete with Marcelo. According to reports from Marca, the deal to sign Mendy is very close to happening as the only remaining thing is to finalize the last details of the transfer.

His signing could be made official by this week.

Meanwhile, according to another report, Real Madrid have drawn up a list of defenders they want to sign which includes another center-back for whom they have allocated a huge €100 million budget.

They like Virgil Van Dijk the most but are aware that it would be very difficult to sign him. De Ligt, Koulibaly and Skriniar are the other names.