#1 Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale was supposed to succeed and lead the attack line left vacant by the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo. However he has, so far, failed to do so. Infact it has been Karim Benzema who has risen up to the challenge. After Ronaldo's departure it was certain that Gareth Bale will have the weight of the team on his shoulders but clearly he's failed to deliver.
The Bernabeu faithfuls haven’t seen the best of him even after five years of having him at the Bernabeu. Bale’s first season was good but he never really took off from there. The Welshman started the current campaign in fine form even implying that the team is more united after Ronaldo's departure but ever since then it has been all downward.
The star of UEFA Champions League final in 2018 has now seen him go down the pecking order which sees Lucas Vazquez and Vinicius Jr above him. Bale has featured 20 times in La Liga but just has 7 goals and 2 assists to his name.
Bale does not indulge much with the team off the pitch as well with players like Courtois and Marcelo making their stance on it known.
It is now being reported by AS that Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez has finally run out of patience with Gareth Bale. "The Welsh forward is living on borrowed time", is the opinion of Perez's confidantes at the LaLiga club and only an outstanding end to the season would be enough to save the player.
It is believed that Gareth Bale will be sold in the summer to fund big money transfers for incoming Galacticos.