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#1 Marco Asensio
Marco Asensio announced himself in the 2016/2017 season, putting in some fine performances as an impact substitute throughout Real's LaLiga and UCL winning campaign, including scoring a goal off the bench in the final against Juventus.
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He took his stock a notch higher when he scored two wonder goals against Barcelona in the 2018 Spanish Super Cup and was earmarked as a future talent owing to his incredible shooting skill and link-up ability.
He, however, had his chances limited due to the presence of Ronaldo in the team, as the Portuguese also operated from his preferred role on the left and was always going to be the one picked off the pair.
Ronaldo's departure in the summer paved the way for Asensio to become a starter and he was earmarked as one of the players upon which the club would build post-Ronaldo.
However, six months down the line and it has not worked out exactly to plan for Real and Asensio. The club embarked on a terrible run of form earlier in the season where they went on their worst ever goalscoring run which led to the dismissal of Lopetegui and Asensio was singled out as one of the players responsible for Madrid's slump.
Since Solari's appointment, things have not improved much for Marco Asensio and he has been dropped to the bench in recent matches, with the highly impressive Vinicius staking a claim for his starting place.
Earlier in the month, the 22-year-old came out to state that it was not his responsibility to carry the team and that it was the job of more experienced players to do so which was seen as a damning indictment on his mentality and unwillingness to take on responsibilities in addition to his poor returns.
In 25 matches in all competitions this season, Asensio has scored just four goals (with three of those coming in Copa del Rey matches against much inferior opposition). The 22-year-old has just one LaLiga goal in 16 matches and has not scored since getting the lone goal in the 1-0 victory over Espanyol, while his last assist came on the opening day of the campaign.
These are not numbers expected from Asensio after getting improved playing time and while nobody expected him to hit the heights of Ronaldo, nobody expected it to be this bad either.
