Real Madrid won't be allowed to recall Marcos Llorente from his Alaves loan.
Marca says the loan was agreed until June and as such cannot be broken early with those in power at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu also aware of this despite speculation surrounding another move.
Llorente has enjoyed a wondrous start to the campaign in LaLiga and has recovered more loose balls than any other individual in Europe's five major leagues with 17.
It is understood that such a move would have also troubled Zinedine Zidane who expressed his unease at having such a big squad in the summer transfer window.