Thibaut Courtois and Eden Hazard have told friends they believe their former Chelsea teammate N’Golo Kante is the type of player missing in the current Real Madrid side, Metro reports.
Zinedine Zidane oversaw a major summer rebuilding process which saw the likes of Hazard, Luka Jovic, Eder Militao and Ferland Mendy signed for a combined total of over £300million.
Despite a near unprecedented level of investment, Real have started the new campaign in indifferent fashion, drawing two of their opening three La Liga games and failing to keep a clean sheet.
Zidane maintains a long-term interest in Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, while at least one of PSG duo Kylian Mbappe and Neymar are likely to be available for purchase next summer.