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Eden Hazard ruled out of Spanish Super Cup

The Belgium captain was injured in late November.

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has confirmed injured forward Eden Hazard will miss the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia.

Hazard has not featured for Real since suffering an ankle problem on November 26 in a Champions League match against Paris St Germain.

The 28-year-old Belgium international will not travel to next week's four-team tournament in the Middle East in order to continue his rehabilitation.

Zidane, whose team return to LaLiga action against Getafe on Saturday following the winter break, expects the former Chelsea player's recovery to be a gradual process.

"He's 100 per cent out of the Super Cup," Zidane said of Hazard at his pre-match press conference.

"He's not travelling and at the moment he's in a normal process of recovery.

"I hope that just after the Super Cup, bit by bit, we could see him with us again."

Real, who on Wednesday face Copa del Rey holders Valencia in the semi-finals of the Super Cup in Jeddah, suffered a dip in form prior to Christmas, recording three successive draws, including a goalless El Clasico against Barcelona.

The dropped points caused Los Blancos to fall two points behind table-topping champions Barca.

With the January transfer window now open, Zidane was once again quizzed on a potential move for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba but refused to be drawn on the speculation.

"I'm not going to reply anything, really," said Zidane.

Zinedine Zidane had no interest discussing a potential move for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, pictured
Zinedine Zidane had no interest discussing a potential move for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, pictured (Martin Rickett/PA)

"Paul is a player of another team and the important thing for him – because I think he is injured – is to get back playing, and that's it.

"I wish the best for him but the most important thing for us is the players that I have."

Despite lifting the Club World Cup, Real endured an underwhelming 2018-19 season under three different managers.

Zidane, who returned to the club for a second spell in March, insists it would not be failure to end the current campaign without silverware.

"Failure is to not try, not compete and not give everything. I think that's failure," said the Frenchman.

"For me, the important thing is every day to train to your maximum, give everything in every game out on the pitch and then we'll see.

"There's one team that can win the Champions League, one team that can win the league, and the rest are rubbish? No, it's not like that."

High-flying Getafe sit in sixth position ahead of the visit of the 33-time Spanish champions on the back of three wins from their last four league matches.

Getafe manager Jose Bordalas expects to give Real a tough test.

He said in his pre-match press conference, reported on the club's official Twitter feed: "Getafe is a team that has earned respect based on doing things right. We have proven to be a difficult team to beat.

"Winning against @realmadrid, it's very complicated. For us the main thing is to add the necessary points to achieve our goal."

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