Real Madrid Jovic's numbers.
"He
has to learn a lot of things
."
Zinedine Zidane's
message
about
Luka Jovic
is clear.
The Frenchman trusts him, knows his conditions ... But he also acknowledged at a press conference that "
he has had no luck
in his adaptation".
"He will
always have his qualities
," he admitted.
Hours after these statements, Real Madrid has made official the transfer of the Serbian attacker to Eintracht Frankfurt, a club that it sold to Madrid in the summer of 2019 for 60 million euros.
Jovic returns to the Bundesliga
for a few months, on a loan that ends at the end of this season and which does not include a purchase option.
Zidane, who requested his signing after his spectacular
2018-2019
Europa League
, also wants him back as soon as possible.
And in that assignment, the needs of all parties are sensed:
minutes for Jovic
.
Curiously, a year ago and due to Benzema's injury, he started
in the semi-finals and in the final of the Jeddah Super Cup
.
Since the summer, between positives for coronavirus, trips to Serbia and muscle injuries, the young forward
has barely counted for Zidane
.
He scored a double with his national team in November and returned to Madrid infected with
Covid-19
, which was followed by physical problems that have prohibited him from having minutes again.
And now, with Madrid embarking on a complicated
league comeback
and a few weeks into playing the
knockout stages of the Champions League
, it doesn't seem like the ideal time to give Jovic time, a circumstance that would force a
change in the system
to play with two forwards or to sit more than what was due to
Benzema, the only white scorer
.
The club knows it, the coach knows it and the player knows it, smiling at the presentation with his new club.
Madrid, after spending
60 million euros
and defeating the great teams of the old continent (including
Barça
)
in the race to sign the Serbian
, does not want to lose hope in a player who has shown scoring ability and leadership:
36 goals in 75 continental games and semifinals
.
Mariano, second option
Meanwhile,
Mariano
will remain
on
Valdebebas's
bench
, much more energetic than Jovic in his few minutes on the pitch.
Zidane likes his intensity and his good header, ideal for a team that squeezes its options in the lateral centers.
The white youth squad has survived
Morata, Borja Mayoral
and now Jovic, always confident that he can be important in Madrid.
He scored against
Villarreal,
opening his title a year later and Zidane has been giving him minutes in the final moments of the matches, recognizing in him the necessary fuse to ignite the decisive stretch of the matches.
Beyond Mariano and with
Rodrygo injured
, Zidane doesn't have too many options either.
The Frenchman will have to trust in the good moment of
Asensio
, who could act in point before a hypothetical absence of Benzema, or else he will have to pull from the quarry.
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