10 footballers whose careers dipped after joining Real Madrid

#5: Antonio Cassano

Cassano scored only 4 goals in 29 matches for Real Madrid.

In his day, Antonio Cassano was regarded to be a troublesome forward to handle for the defenders.

Gifted with technique and vision, Cassano could have gone down as one of the greatest ever to play the game.

But, his intermittent spats with fellow players and constant fall-outs with manager Fabio Capello saw him fall from grace at an early age.

Aged 33 and back at Sampdoria, Cassano will never reach the heights he should have, and things may have turned out so differently were it not for the lure of the Bernabeu.