Mahamadou Diarra has told Real Madrid he wants to leave this month.

The Mali midfielder has an offer from Malaga and has informed Real he wants to leave immediately.

Diarra is off contract in June and could commit to a pre-agreement with Malaga at anytime.

For the moment, Real have told the midfielder he is a required player.

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