Real Madrid Change of plan

What seemed like a closed transfer market for Real Madrid with no option to open, has now changed, Zinedine Zidane noting after the win against Malaga that anything is possible now in terms of new players arriving in January.

President Florentino Perez rarely buys in mid-season but his plans have been altered.

MARCA can confirm that the option to purchase new players in the first month of 2018 exists, but as long as a series of conditions are met.

Zidane and the club's leaders are not entirely satisfied with the performance offered by the team.

They believe that the group must and can improve, but finding a solution in the market has become a possibility.

The coach doesn't want any of the current players to leave, but should a player arrive it wouldn't be a surprise that those who have had fewer minutes could go and look for the opportunities they don't have at Real Madrid.

Players such as Borja Mayoral or Marcos Llorente.

Zidane will always put the stability of the group ahead of everything else and so doesn't want elements within that can disturb the order and coexistence.

There are positions that are causing alarm however, such as the goalkeeper, centre-backs and forward line.

In the case of the first, the health of Keylor Navas will ensure the advance of a signing that was surely going to be made next summer.

It's a priority for the club and they are already working on it.

On the central defensive issue, Vallejo's response has been positive, but Zidane believes it is a position that needs to be reinforced shortly.

The issue of the strikers is more complicated.

There is a 200 million euro kitty to sign a world class forward but that will not be used in the winter.

That said, if a player such as Mauro Icardi is available, Real will go for him.

The Argentinian can play in the next round of the Champions League, which is an essential requirement and makes his capture favourable.