Forwards
RW: Gareth Bale
The Welshman didn’t have the best of campaigns last season but the 27-year old will certainly come back with vengeance come August. Lest we forget, Gareth Bale is still one of the most expensive acquisitions in history, he has worth to his name and his marketing appeal cannot be ignored.
As the apparent heir to Ronaldo, Bale will have to fend off Isco the only way he knows how to, by blitzing defences. If he doesn’t produce the goods next season, it’ll be safe to take him off this list next June.
ST: Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid is Cristiano Ronaldo and Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid. After 9 years of happy memories, Ronaldo’s time at the Bernabéu is not set to be ruined by the frivolous ramblings of Spanish prosecutors.
He is a Madrid icon that still has more to accomplish in the Spanish capital, he not only wants to be their leading goalscorer, he wants to be their greatest player ever.
The hunger and desire of the Portuguese captain will not allow him to leave competing at the highest level. And let’s be honest, in world football today, you can’t get reach a higher summit than winning the Champions League back to back.
Cristiano Ronaldo will be here next season and we’ll again be talking about the several records he’s broken come the end of the campaign.
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LW: Eden Hazard
As two go out, one comes in. With James Rodríguez and Alvaro Morata seemingly on their way out of the Bernabéu, Real Madrid will need a superstar signing to make up for the huge losses. Florentino Perez has built his Madrid presidency on the back of huge ‘Galácticos’ signings and Eden Hazard is most definitely going to be the next one.
The Belgian is a player admired and desired by most of Europe’s elites as he can do things with the ball that only Messi can replicate. At 26 years of age, it’s now or never for Eden Hazard to make that switch to the next level as he’s at the height of his marketability and playing powers.