5 Players that should leave Real Madrid this summer

#1. James Rodriguez

Rodriguez needs to be somewhere else playing first-team football.

Despite being supremely talented, Rodriguez is perhaps the best example of the slow and ultimate death of the traditional playmaker/Number 10 in modern football.

The Colombian did really well during his loan spell at Bayern Munich but the Bavarians' manager, Niko Kovac has been reluctant to play him in his preferred role.

This is a view shared by Zidane, as a lack of first team action led to him being sent on loan in the first place. There is obviously no place for the 27-year-old in the new look side being assembled at the Bernabeu.

The arrival of Hazard and the contract renewals of Toni Kroos and Modric means that the Colombian international will have to be content with an extended stay on the substitutes' bench if he chooses to stay at the Santiago Bernabeu next season.

That would be terrible for a player of his quality and standing and a move out of Real Madrid will be in the best interests of both parties.

A move to Napoli has been mooted, while the rumoured desire by certain Premier League clubs looks to be dead on arival, given the stylistic differences.