Isco hopes signing for Real will boost World Cup chances

Real Madrid’s first signing of the Carlo Ancelotti era, Isco, said he hoped joining the nine-time European champions would boost his chances of making the Spain squad for next year’s World Cup finals.
The Spanish Under-21 playmaker, who was joined from Malaga for some 30 million Euros, completed a medical and signed a five-year contract before being presented in front of around 5000 cheering fans at a sun-soaked Bernabeu on Wednesday.

‘It’s a great opportunity that is always in your head, and if I do things well here, I might have an opportunity to be in Brazil,’ Isco, who will wear the number 23 shirt, told a news conference.
Isco, 21, helped Malaga to a club best fourth-placed finish in La Liga two years ago and to the Champions League quarter-finals last season in their debut campaign.

Isco was also a target for Manchester City and their new coach Manuel Pellegrini who worked with him at Malaga the last two seasons. ‘I had offers from other clubs in Europe, but it is impossible to say no to Real Madrid,’ Isco added.