However, Claude Makélélé stated his desire to see the veteran defender play for one of the top clubs in Spain at one point. In a recent interview, Makélélé spoke about wanting to see Marquinhos play for Real Madrid,

Marcus Rashford could be thrust into the starting line-up for Barcelona for the highly-anticipated El Clasico clash on Sunday following another damaging injury to a key Barca star just hours before the match.

Real Madrid edged past Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday evening, with Jude Bellingham’s first goal of the season proving the difference between the two sides. The 15-time winners of the competition are now one of five teams with a 100 per cent record after three rounds of fixtures.

Ahead of his first Clásico as Real Madrid coach, Xabi Alonso responded to Kiyan Sobhani of Managing Madrid about the importance of finding a target in the box on Saturday in his pre-game press conference as he said,