Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has no plans to lose Isco in January.
The midfielder continues to be linked with a move away this season, but AS says Zidane still rates Isco highly.
The French coach has devised a plan to try to get Isco back to his best but just at a time when that is proving to be more difficult. The Spaniard finds himself vying with Toni Kroos and Luka Modric for the third place in midfield, where the Valverde-Casemiro pairing has become indisputable. Still, Zidane refuses to give up on Isco's magic.
The minutes Zidane gave him in the match against Eibar, with the game wrapped up, was the best sign that the manager wants to gradually re-introduce him into the dynamics of the team.
Contrary to the situation with Mariano, Vinicius, Odriozola and Brahim, Isco has always been in the squad when he has been fit. In Zidane's opinion, that Malaga-born midfielder perform wells in the centre of the field, where he can integrate well with the physical Casemiro-Valverde pairing.
