Ceballos' rant about Zidane which could come back to haunt him LaLiga Santander - Real Madrid When speaking in the summer

After just 10 months away, Zinedine Zidane has returned to Real Madrid, bringing him home to the club and squad that became his home as a player and a coach.

He's a favourite of almost everyone at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu with one exception in particular: Dani Ceballos.

Last September, the former Real Betis midfielder made his debut for the Spanish national team and spoke to Radio MARCA during the international break, hitting out at his former coach and the treatment he had in his debut season in Madrid.

"He [Zidane] would have to explain that, why he didn't give me opportunities," Ceballos responded when asked if his ex-coach had understood him.

"I worked, I tried to make it difficult for him, but a time comes when you see that it's impossible.

"I scored two goals in Vitoria and the next match in Dortmund I played one minute.

"When weeks pass and you don't feel important, it's difficult.

"There was a moment when I took the season to be wasted, we were 15 points off the top of the league and still in the Champions League but I didn't get on the scene."

The midfielder revealed that he took additional steps to keep himself in shape to handle his lack of game time under the Frenchman.

"I hired a personal trainer in January because I wasn't playing on Wednesday or Sunday and the intensity falls, I wanted to be at my peak in pre-season," Ceballos admitted.

"It was clear that if Zidane had continued, I would have to look for an exit to come back more ready, but with the arrival of Julen [Lopetegui], everything was different."

The pair clearly endured a poor relationship, one which Ceballos struggled to comprehend.

"I asked Zidane why I wasn't playing because I didn't understand it, he told me he valued the players ahead of me," Ceballos added.

"There was a time in the season when [Luka] Modric and [Toni] Kroos were injured and he changed system to play other players, that burns you a bit and it hurts.

"He was clear with me and I'm not bitter, when I was little I watched him and he was always a star wherever he played, maybe he doesn't know how it feels as a player to be on the bench.

"It will help him in the future to not make the mistakes he made here."

Now the pair will be reunited, only time will tell if the situation will be different second time around.