A major blow for Manchester United: Zinedine Zidane wants Alvaro Morata to stay at Real Madrid.
Morata has only started 14 games for Madrid this season and is said to have found his lack of playing time extremely frustrating.
AC Milan have also been credited with an interest in bringing Morata back to Italy, but they have since seemingly turned their attention to compatriot Diego Costa.
Mourinho has worked with the Spain worldwide previously during their mutual time at the Santiago Bernabeu, with the latest report suggesting that the United manager has called the striker to tell him he "would be important" at the Manchester club.
The Old Trafford club have already had one bid, said to be around £52million, rebuffed by Madrid but they are expected to return with a second offer.
A deal is still by no means certain, but Man United are surely growing in confidence that a deal can be agreed with Real. That's normal for a striker who's scored 19 goals.
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" Manchester United are set to sign Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid, with the player's agent Juanma Lopez having met with Jose Angel Sanchez on Friday to inform the club's hierarchy of the striker's desire to leave".
The Sun also reports that more defensive players including Nemanja Matic, Victor Lindelof and Michael Keane are on Mourinho's wishlist.
"I want to leave, I have learned very little English; it's really hard, all I learned was "tomorrow, good morning, good afternoon".
Given that just last summer Morata moved for £30m, is he actually worth the more than double valuation being placed on his head in Madrid?
The Spaniard has been heavily linked with an exit from the Bernabeu since the season ended, as he was forced to settle for a back-up role for the most part past year.
Reported target Romelu Lukaku appears close to leaving Everton for former club Chelsea, while Torino striker Andrea Belotti and Morata are other options.
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