Lopetegui has Ceballos in his plans for next season LaLiga - Real Madrid Kovacic could well leave

Julen Lopetegui has Dani Ceballos in his plans for next season at Real Madrid, he knows the player well and has rejected approaches from other clubs.

The Madrid coach is well aware of Ceballos' ability from working with him in the Under 21 side and it is now a very different outlook to his situation under Zidane when he played just 22 games.

Con muchas ganas de que esto empiece ya y con la máxima ilusión para esta nueva temporada llena de grandes retos. pic.twitter.com/WzXozjFmCX ? Daniel Ceballos (@DaniCeballos46) 3 de julio de 2018

The change of fortunes was made clear in Ceballos' tweet where he was pictured with a Madrid shirt.

At the same time the likely departure of Kovacic means that Ceballos is likely to have more impact next season.