5 club legends who wouldn't make their club's current XI

#3 Raul at Real Madrid – due to Cristiano Ronaldo

Raul was Madrid's best striker until Ronaldo took over

In terms of club legends, they don’t come much bigger than Raul at Real Madrid. Born in the capital, Raul joined Los Blancos as a boy and then worked his way through the youth ranks to break into Real’s first-team squad in the 1994/95 season – at just 17 years old.

From there he spent sixteen seasons at the Bernabeu, writing himself into their history books in the process. He broke the record for most appearances (741), most goals in La Liga (228), most goals overall (323) and won six La Liga titles and three Champions Leagues.

Cristiano Ronaldo has shattered many of the great Raul's Real Madrid records

Unfortunately for the great man, he’s firmly been surpassed at this point in basically everything but longevity by perhaps the one man capable of doing so – Cristiano Ronaldo.

For as much as Real Madrid fans adored Raul, most of them would probably admit instantly that against Ronaldo, Raul simply wouldn’t have a chance in hell of getting into today’s Real side.

Sure, Ronaldo hasn’t won as many league titles, but only because of the power of the late 2000’s Barcelona side. He’s won as many Champions League trophies, but he’s also done so much more.

Raul’s goalscoring records have been smashed by the Portuguese superstar – it took Raul sixteen seasons to reach the magical 323 number, but Ronaldo now has 289 in La Liga and a ridiculous 422 overall – in just nine and a half seasons.

He’s somehow scored more goals than he’s played games for the club. Oh, and he’s also won the Ballon d’Or four times while playing for Madrid – something Raul never quite managed to do.

Raul might pull the heartstrings for Real fans as he was a local boy who came good, and clearly had more of an overall connection with Los Blancos than Ronaldo. But in terms of the bigger picture, he doesn’t come close. Raul is one of Madrid’s legends – Ronaldo is not only a Madrid legend, but he’s also become a legend of the game, too.