So recruiting one of the world’s top talents, like Griezmann, would seem a huge step towards transforming United from top-four possibles to title challengers. Zinedine Zidane often leaves him on the bench for big games, favouring Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema up front in a 4-3-3 system. We have decided to focus on the end of the season and talk about it in the summer. And Messi’s team-mate Neymar was picked on the right-hand side. Keep up to date with all the Real Madrid news, gossip, transfers and live updates on our pageThe 24-. managed just a handful of games at Celtic and US outfit Sacramento Republic over the last two years, having made over 250 appearances in almost nine years at West Ham. To the players who have given me life I accompany them in the decisions that they make. Getty Images5The France star vowed to stick with Madrid in the summer as long as Simeone stayed too1. Real Madrid have also been linked with moves for Chelsea trio Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois and Marcos Alonso. “And I said yes, why would I not stay And they began to work with the representatives for everything that had to be signed.