5 reasons why it is too early to start celebrating Real Madrid's return to form

#1 Luka Modric is still out of form

Luka Modric has been in terrible form this season

Luka Modric arrived Real Madrid in 2012 for a fee of £30m after four years of stellar performances for Tottenham in the Premier League, and since then the 33-year-old has gone on to cement himself as one of the best playmakers in the world, and the creative hub through which Real Madrid's attacks are built.

He became the long awaited player to break Ronaldo and Messi's duopoly of individual awards when he was named the FIFA Best Men's Player in September on the back of his impressive Golden Ball winning displays for Croatia at the World Cup, and it was expected that he would go on to silence critics who felt he did not deserve the awards with his performance this season.

Four months into the season however, and Luka Modric is at the worst point as he has ever been throughout his six year stay at the Bernabeu, struggling for form and failing to impact matches in the way that Madridistas have been accustomed to.

He was identified as one of the culprits responsible for Madrid's struggles and Lopetegui's sack, as Real Madrid's players struggled to reach their known heights and Modric was the embodiment of that.

Under Solari so far, he has started just one match (the 2-0 victory over Valladolid) where he was as ineffectual as ever, while he was left on the bench for the entirety of Real Madrid's 5-0 rout of Victoria Plzen.

Real Madrid may have won three matches on the bounce, but their play lacked the usual coodination and craetvity befitting a club of it's stature, and this in part largely down to Modric's struggles, and for as long as the Croat continues to suffer a slump in form, Real Madrid might find it hard to pick up victories.