Real Madrid Coach believes Ronaldo will stay

Ahead of Sunday's friendly against Manchester United, Zinedine Zidane made it clear that Real Madrid are short up front after Alvaro Morata left for Chelsea.

The Frenchman addressed the media after Saturday's training session and gave his opinion on a number of issues.

"At the moment, we are missing a striker," he said at his pre-match press conference.

"Morata gave us a lot last year."

One of the names that keeps cropping up is Monaco sensation, Kylian Mbappe, but Zidane was only focusing on the match against the Red Devils.

"We always try to improve, the player is good and interests many clubs, but now I'm thinking about tomorrow's game," he continued.

Cristiano Ronaldo has kept silent ever since the news broke in Portuguese newspaper, A Bola, that he wanted to leave Real, but his coach believes that he will stay at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.

"As you say there has been a lot of talk about Cristiano," he noted.

"When I talk to him he is calm and enjoying his holiday.

"I look and listen as everyone does, but what matters to me is what he wants to do with Madrid and I think it's going to stay.

"I have not denied the information of A Bola."