Lopetegui wanted Nacho at Sevilla this summer Real Madrid Defender rejected move

Julen Lopetegui was particularly keen on taking Real Madrid's Nacho Fernandez to Sevilla this summer.

The pair have previously worked together at Real Madrid and with the Spanish national team and Lopetegui wanted the defender to join him at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan too.

There were plenty of talks between Sevilla and Real Madrid over Nacho moving south, but they ceased when the player himself rejected the idea.

Nacho also rejected a move to Inter earlier in the transfer window as he hopes to help Los Blancos emerge from their difficult spell.

He first arrived at Real Madrid in 2001 as an 11-year-old and he wasn't ready to say goodbye to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu just yet.

Nacho knows that he'll be the fourth choice centre-back in Zinedine Zidane's squad this season, but he believes he can still play a part.

Having recently signed an extension, the defender's contract at Real Madrid doesn't run out until June 2022.