Former Real Madrid head coach Fabio Capello thinks his former club are paying the price for thinking they could achieve the same level of success without Cristiano Ronaldo.
Madrid won their third straight Champions League crown last season, but agreed to sell Ronaldo to Juventus last summer.
No like for like replacement was brought in, while Madrid also was forced into a change at the top, with Zinedine Zidane abruptly resigning and Julen Lopetegui hired in his stead.
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But the results have not been there for the European Champions in La Liga, with Lopetegui sacked after a 5-1 defeat to Barcelona in the Clasico and replacement Santiago Solari suffering his first defeat at the helm last weekend via a shock 3-0 setback to Eibar.