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Real Madrid have made a stuttering start to the new season. Thankfully for them though, most of the other teams have suffered a major dip in form too. Barcelona are currently 12th on the table. Cross-city rivals Atletico Madrid, however, are on top of the table.
Zinedine Zidane's side, however, have fared terribly in the UEFA Champions League and are likely to not make it past the group stage. They have looked like they need a bit of an overhaul in terms of personnel. But where will the funds come from? Of course, from selling the deadwood.
There are several players who are on the fringes at the Santiago Bernabeu. Without further ado, let's take a look at five players Real Madrid should offload as soon as possible.
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5 Real Madrid players who have no future at the club
#5 Luka Jovic
It is not that difficult to understand the frustration of Real Madrid supporters when your team goes from players who would net about 30-40 goals in the league every season like its clockwork to ones who can't score even a third of that.
After impressing as a young striker for Eintracht Frankfurt, Jovic had been linked with several European giants and you couldn't really fault Real Madrid for shelling out the big bucks to secure his services as a long-term solution to their striking problems.
However, Jovic just ended up becoming another problem, proving that he is nowhere close to being ready to be handed the responsibility of being Real Madrid's main goalscorer. He scored just two goals in the La Liga in his debut season.
Jovic doesn't look like he's cut for the job and it will do Real Madrid good to get rid of him as soon as possible in order to recoup a fair share of that €50 million they paid to rope him in.
#4 Mariano Diaz
It is quite surprising that Real Madrid was made to believe at some point that giving Mariano Diaz a second run at the Santiago Bernabeu was going to be beneficial. Diaz had left Real Madrid after a few dismal showings in 2017.
He went to Olympique Lyon and scored 21 goals from 48 appearances and Real Madrid picked up the phone and ordered him back for €21 million. He teases flashes of brilliance once in a blue moon and then fades.
Mariano Diaz does not have the quality or consistency to become Real Madrid's frontman. He is out of his depth and with three more years remaining in his contract, he could get Real Madrid some much-needed funds through his sale.
#3 Alvaro Odriozola
Yet another recent Real Madrid signing who showed a lot of promise but ended up delivering very little. The former Real Sociedad player was signed for a sum of €30 million + add-ons in the summer of 2018.
He has, however, struggled to make a case for himself under Zinedine Zidane and has faded in prominence over the past two seasons. After being handed just four starts in the league till winter in the 2019-20 season, Odriozola was shipped to Bayern Munich on loan in the January transfer window.
He has since returned to Real Madrid but Zinedine Zidane does not seem to rate him much. Zizou has in fact preferred Lucas Vazquez over Odriozola as a backup to Dani Carvajal. Odriozola is 24-years-old and he is a decent player.
The club and the player have reached an impasse and the best thing to do now is to go their separate ways.
#2 Marcelo
Marcelo has served hs club as well as anyone could have and has had a stellar career at Real Madrid. He has been one of the cult figures and had been at the forefront of Los Blancos' dominant run in Europe.
However, at 32-years-old, Marcelo is not getting any better and the deterioration in his standards is there for all to see. Real Madrid have only won one of the last five games that Marcelo has started. Of course, the blame is not just on Marcelo.
But it is getting clearer now that selling Sergio Reguilon might not have been the wisest thing to do during the summer. Marcelo's current contract runs out in 2022. As such, these two upcoming transfer windows are the last opportunities that Real Madrid will get to sell the Brazilian and get some money in return.
#1 Isco
By now, everyone is aware that Isco has to leave Real Madrid and he has to do that at the earliest. He is clearly not preferred by Zinedine Zidane and has only fallen down the pecking order over the last couple of years.
Most of his appearances come from the bench these days and though he has immense potential, Real Madrid do not seem to be the club that can utilize him to the fullest. The 28-year-old has no shortage of admirers around Europe and a reunion with Carlo Ancelotti is being touted.
Isco is also one of the highest-earners at the club and selling him will do Real Madrid good on a financial level.
