5 reasons why Zinedine Zidane could be sacked

#2 Dressing room unrest

Real Madrid's other bright trio have been sparingly used

At the very top level of the game, many of the players that will pass through Real Madrid will be of the world class variety. As such, each and every one will have an ego to match. It’s something that every top-level athlete needs to keep them in that elite bracket.

However, not everyone can be kept happy and Zidane has had a couple of thorns in his side this season.

James Rodriguez is the most obvious. The best player of World Cup 2014, who Los Blancos were delighted to secure with a €80m fee, has been unhappy since the beginning of the campaign.

Zidane’s promise that ‘every player is important’ has sounded a little hollow at times because for Rodriguez at least, his appearances in the biggest games have been cursory at best.

Isco is another that has intimated he could be on his way out, as is the case with Alvaro Morata.

The three have been open in coming forward with their disdain of Zizou’s policy. Can the manager really afford to let these three incredible talents leave?