After one of their worst scoreless runs in their history, it is clear that Julen Lopetegui's side need an injection of quality in attack
When Real Madrid sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus in the summer, they knew they were taking a gamble.
Heading off was a player who had led them to three-successive Champions League titles, won the latest of his five Ballons d’Or barely six months earlier and had scored at a rate of over a goal per game for his nine-year stay at Santiago Bernabeu, writing his name large into the history of the most storied club in world football.