Real Madrid: Zinedine Zidane ‘bothered’ by club’s injury list (BBC)

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane says he is “worried and bothered” about his side’s growing injury list as the La Liga season approaches.

New left-back Ferland Mendy (calf) is the latest player to pick up an injury on a pre-season tour of the USA.

Mendy joins Brahim Diaz (thigh) and Marco Asensio – who is expected to be out for up to nine months with a torn cruciate ligament – on the sidelines.

“I don’t think about who is going to replace Marco,” Zidane told Marca. Read more