Real Madrid president Florentino Perez and Zinedine Zidane appear to be on the outs.

El Mundo Deportivo says Zidane was wanted by Perez at all three signing ceremonies for Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema, but failed to front.

This comes after Zidane went public with his insistence that Franck Ribery, the Bayern Munich star, would be a better bet than Ronaldo.

The former Real star is part of Perez's technical staff ... for now.