5 reasons why Real Madrid should sack Zinedine Zidane

#2 His record in the transfer market is questionable

Theo was one of Zidane's only signings this summer

In previous years, Real Madrid have prided themselves on being the most powerful club in the world – the one club that are capable of buying any player they set their sights on, whether it was Luis Figo, Zidane himself and David Beckham in the early 2000’s, or Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Gareth Bale in more recent years.

Since Zidane took over though, that hasn’t been the case. The Frenchman only spent around £25m to bring back Alvaro Morata in 2016 – and then sold him on a year later – and the start of this season saw him buy just defender Theo and midfielder Dani Ceballos.

It won’t be a surprise to see them splash big money in this summer, but can they trust Zidane to make the most of it?

I’m not so sure. Rumours suggest that Zidane was told to slash Real’s wage bill, hence the lack of signings last summer, but it could well have been the case that he had too much faith in the players he already had – the likes of Marco Asensio for instance.

If they want to throw big money at players again, can Los Blancos really trust that Zidane’s the right man to spend it? I’m not so sure.