Why Arsenal and Manchester City target Isco turned down Marcelo’s Real Madrid captaincy offer

In a disappointing Champions League Group stage 3-0 defeat to CSKA Moscow, where the fans whistled Isco, whose future at Real Madrid has been the source of much speculation, turned down the captaincy from Marcelo. "I tried to give the armband to Isco and he told me that I had to give it to Carvajal, why I do not know," Marcelo said, according to Marca. Isco is ahead of Carvajal by just two days, having joined the club on July 3, 2013, with his team-mate penning terms on July 5. Isco aware that there are several candidates ahead of him in the pecking order, decided to gift the honour to his friend, believing he would not receive the opportunity again any time soon. He told Carvajal after the Melilla game that the next time Ramos, Marcelo, Benzema, Varane, Nacho and Modric were all not on the pitch at the same time, it would be his turn.

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