Luca Zidane to leave Real Madrid this summer after 16 years with the LaLiga champions

Luca Zidane will not be offered a new deal by Real Madrid and is in talks with French side Montpellier
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Ben Hayward23 July 2020

Luca Zidane is to leave Real Madrid this summer after 16 years at the club.

The goalkeeper, son of coach Zinedine Zidane, is out of contract and Standard Sport understands the 22-year-old will not be offered a new deal.

Luca made his debut for the first team in the last league game of the 2017-18 season, which turned out to be his father's final LaLiga match as coach before returning in March last year.

He was then included in the starting line-up for the 3-2 win over Huesca towards the end of last season, which drew criticism for his father.

"I didn't select my son, I selected a Real Madrid player," Zidane said of his decision after the game.

A French international at every level up until the Under-20s, Luca joined Madrid at the age of six and spent this past season on loan at Racing Santander.

Madrid's second-choice goalkeeper for the 2019-20 season was Alphonse Areola, but he will return to Paris Saint-Germain after his loan deal ended and Los Blancos look set to promote Andriy Lunin for the 2020-21 campaign.

The Ukrainian, who was on loan at Real Oviedo this past season, is highly regarded at the Santiago Bernabeu and should be the understudy to Thibaut Courtois next term.

Luca, meanwhile, is in talks with Ligue 1 side Montpellier.

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