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Saturday 23 March, 2019 |

Real Madrid keep or dump: What will Zidane do about Bale, Isco,

by Cheapsoccerkits

Everybody is expecting a summer of change at Real Madrid following last week's elimination from the Champions League and the prospect of a season without a trophy. Club president Florentino Perez and chief executive Jose Angel Sanchez have some huge calls to make, and if history is anything to go by, they'll be making most of them on their own, albeit with input from Zinedine Zidane, who returned to the club on Monday.

With that in mind, here's some unsolicited advice from me and Graham Hunter: a player-by-player assessment of Real Madrid's squad, what might make sense and under what circumstances. You can assume we both agreed where you see a straight "keep." Otherwise, we weighed in with our comments.

It's not just about performance, either. It's about age, wages, chemistry and contract. We're going to assume they get back into the Champions League because frittering away a 10-point lead in 11 games is too horrible to contemplate.

All of this comes with a massive caveat: Some of the guys the club might want to let go might end up staying either because there will be no takers at a reasonable price or because some of their transfer targets might not materialize. But it's an attempt to sort through this squad and assess what they might want to hold on to and what they might want to shift in what is sure to be a very expensive summer.

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