After Zidane's return to the Madrid bench, many names have been linked with Los Blancos ahead of the Frenchman's plan to rejuvenate the squad. One of them was Lucas Hernandez.
Although the Atletico defender was on Madrid's agenda, the club was aware that he was about to sign for Bayern, which he made official on Wednesday.
According to 'Sport', when Madrid registered their interest in Lucas, the transfer to the German side was a done deal, it only needed to be made official.
After the news, Real Madrid sped up their signing of Militao, which was confirmed on March 14th.