Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is reportedly "starting to have doubts" over Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale and has still not ruled out a move for Monaco star Kylian Mbappe.
According to Alejandro Alcazar in Sport, questions and criticism of Benzema and Bale have increased in pre-season and potential moves for the pair "cannot be ruled out" before the close of the transfer market.
Real fans are "baffled" as to why Bale is getting in the first team ahead of Marco Asensio, but manager Zinedine Zidane is confident the Welshman has a key role to play in 2017-18, Alcazar added.