MARCO ASENSIO'S brilliant displays against Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea have won him a place in the Real Madrid team.

The 20-year-old midfielder spent last season at Espanyol and he had been expected to be shipped out on loan again.

4 Real Madrid's Marco Asensio takes on Chelsea midfielder Oscar Credit: Getty Images

4 Asensio impressed so much against Chelsea he's been promised first team football Credit: Getty Images

But after two weeks training in Canada and the United States, an excellent second half against PSG and a stunning goal against Chelsea have convinced head coach Zinedine Zidane that the Majorcan player deserves a run in the first team.

It's all looking good for Asensio. In between those two matches, former Real Madrid and Spain coach Vicente del Bosque described him as the greatest talent there is in Spain.

Zidane has since told Real president Florentino Perez he plans to use the youngster regularly.

That could leave the likes of James Rodriguez on the outside looking in, and the Colombian may still leave Real before the start of the season with PSG likely to be early bidders.

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4 Asensio challenges Chelsea's Bertrand Traore Credit: Getty Images

And with Asensio and Alvaro Morata likely to be the only new faces in Zidane's first team others, including Mariano, Marcos Llorente and Martin Odegaard, may need to leave the Bernabeu to find regular first team football.