Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic said it would be "best" for him to leave the club this summer.
The Croatia international has struggled for regular minutes at the Santiago Bernabeu since moving to the club in 2015 with the likes of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro ahead of him in the pecking order in the Spanish capital.
When asked about his prospects fornext season, the 24-year-old acknowledged it may be time to consider a career away from Los Blancos, per Juan Ignacio Garcia Ochoa of Marca:
"I know that it's difficult to be a starter at Real Madrid, especially when I arrived at a really young age.