5 players Real Madrid should have sacked instead of Julen Lopetegui

#4 Marco Asensio

What does he bring to a side?

This is going to shock a lot of people but perhaps it shouldn’t. When Marco Asensio made a name for himself in Mallorca and then broke into the scene while representing Espanyol on loan, he was touted as the next best thing.

With superb long-range goals against Barca in 2016, it felt like he is the real deal for both Spain and Real Madrid. However, ever since then, he has been all hype and little show.

The Spaniard can’t dribble past his direct opponent, looks shaky under pressure, doesn’t have the vision to make defense-piercing passes, lacks the pace to outrun defenders…

The list goes on and on. The only thing he has proven to be good is long-range shooting and even then, it is hard to remember the last time he scored a blinder. The general belief among the Madridistas is that Perez didn’t sign Eden Hazard so that the young Spaniard gets the game time to improve as a player and establish himself as a starter.

So far, it looks like a terrible decision as he has scored just once in the 14 games that he has played this season.