James Rodriguez loses fans' confidence

Real Madrid's supporters will be delighted with the way in which Marco Asensio has seamlessly slotted into Zinedine Zidane's first-team but the emergence of the 20-year-old has seen James Rodriguez fall even further down the pecking order and MARCA readers are happy to see Los Blancos sell the Colombian.

Rodriguez had already seen his place in the starting eleven disappear but with even greater options now available to Zidane, the path back for the 25-year-old appears blocked.

In a poll conducted by MARCA in which more than 29,000 readers voted, a fraction over 59% were in fovour of the club selling a player who would still fetch a hefty figure should he be made available to rival European club's.

Certainly, the playmaker would not lack offers and with Toni Kroos and Luka Modric almost certain to play behind the  front three of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema, it leaves an enormous amount of competition for the remaining slot.

Asensio, Lucas Vazquez, Mateo Kovacic and Isco are perhaps all more likely to get minutes than the Colombia captain and, thus, the timing may be right.