Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic has told Julen Lopetegui he wants to leave the club this summer.
The World Cup runner-up held a meeting with his new manager at the training ground recently where he made his intentions clear.
Kovacic played 36 times last season, and 39 the year before, but a lot of these appearances have been from the bench.
He now wants to look elsewhere for more regular first team football and is a reportedly of interested to Roma, Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
'The problem is that it's difficult for a young player to have continuity and without that I will never be able to show my potential,' Kovacic told Marca.
'When I don't play of course I'm not happy. I've enjoyed these three years in Madrid hugely, with incredible teammates, winning trophies.
'But I haven't been completely happy because my contribution to all of this has not been the biggest and it's something I want to change.'
Kovacic also played a bit-part role for Croatia at this year's World Cup, playing in five games but four of those appearances came from subs bench.
Real Madrid's new club fixtures are yet to be announced but the La Liga club face Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup Final on August 15.
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