Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro has opened up on the struggles he faced at the Bernabeu following the appointment of Zinedine Zidane as manager in January 2016.
After a successful loan spell with Los Blancos, the Brazilian completed a €6m move to the club at the beginning of the 2013/14 campaign. However, he found game-time hard to come by in his early seasons in Madrid, with the arrival of Zidane initially seeing no change in that regard, before a conversation with the Frenchman helped ease Casemiro's concerns.
By the end of Zidane's first month, the Copa America winner had made only a handful of appearances for the new coach, triggering a discussion between the pair about the latter's situation.