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- Jörg Neubauer is Sami Khedira's agent. And Jörg is not happy about the rumors that say Khedira might be leaving Real Madrid before September 2nd. Here is what he had to say to Bild. "Sami will play with Real Madrid next season. I don't know who has been spreading these rumors out. It's irritating and not helping Sami out."
- Varane's injury is taking longer than expected to heal. And that's because he broke his outside meniscus, not only the inside one, according to As. The player and the club need to be patient with this one and let that right knee heal perfectly before Varane makes his return to competition.
- Zinedine Zidane is going to take care of Benzema, Özil and Jesé, says Marca. The French player will try to make these three players more comfortable in order for their performances to improve. He worked with Benzema on Mourinho's second season and that was Benzema's best year in the club.
- La Liga BBVA kicks off today with Esteban Granero's Real Sociedad playing against Getafe. El Pirata signed for the Basque team -on loan from QPR- this Friday but he is on the list, so he might make his debut. It's good to see Granero back in Spain and we here at Managing Madrid wish him good luck.
- Valladolid-Athletic Bilbao and Valencia-Málaga are the other two games that kick-off this Liga BBVA season this Saturday.