4 reasons why Florentino Perez is the cause of Real Madrid's struggles

#3 His failure to go all out for Ronaldo’s replacement

Hazard was touted as a replacement for Ronaldo

After Ronaldo’s departure was confirmed, Real Madrid was understandably linked with a host of big-name replacements, chief of which were Neymar, Eden Hazard, Mauro Icardi and Kylian Mbappe who had a stellar performance at the last World Cup in Russia.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest goalscorers of all time, and his goals were the main reason why the club has enjoyed the level of success it has over the last few years, so it was understandable that his departure would reduce the potency of the team’s attack as suggested by Lopetegui’s father.

With 50+ goals guaranteed every season, it is impossible to replace Ronaldo, as no other player in the world apart from Lionel Messi can guarantee such figures every year, but the onus was on Perez to sanction a high profile attacker who could help mitigate the loss of Ronaldo.

Real Madrid and Perez had over a month to seek out a replacement in the market, but they failed to do so, and only Mariano Diaz returned to the club, and this lack of attacking threat is a major reason why the club finds itself in the situation is it right now.