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Achraf Hakimi backs Santiago Solari for Real Madrid permanent job

Borussia Dortmund defender Achraf Hakimi has described his former coach and Real Madrid interim manager Santiago Solari as the right man for the job at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Solari groomed the Morocco international during his days with Madrid’s Castilla team before breaking into the first-team under Zinedine Zidane.

Julen Lopetegui's sack after a string of poor results and a humiliating 5-1 loss to Barcelona in last month's El Clasico paved away for the appointment of the Argentine gaffer as the acting coach.

After expressing shock over the dismissal of the former Spain coach, Hakimi believes that it would be a right call to make Solari's role in the first-team permanent.