5 young players that their clubs cannot afford to lose

#3 Marco Asensio - Real Madrid

The Mallorcan magician will do the business for Real Madrid for years to come

Marco Asensio was brought back to the club after successful loan stints at Mallorca and Espanyol to supplement the fearsome Madrid attack boasting of big names like Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and Gareth Bale.

Whenever an opportunity presented itself due to a tactical switch by Zinedine Zidane or injury/rest to any of the senior players, Asensio showed the gaffer exactly why he needed to play regularly. With pace and creativity, Asensio is now an integral part of the team after the departures of James Rodriguez to Bayern Munich and Alvaro Morata to Chelsea.

With a goal in the 2016/17 Champions League final against Juventus, the young Spaniard has shown he can perform on the big stage. Highly versatile, he can play on the wing or either through the middle, also deployed as a second striker at times.

The Los Blancos faithful have taken a liking to the forward and will not take kindly to him being sold to fund another Galactico arrival.