After overseeing an overhaul of the squad that once so impressively delivered three successive Champions League titles, Zinedine Zidane will be expected to transform his new team into one capable of dethroning defending La Liga champions and long-term rivals Barcelona. Eden Hazard was the highest-profile of those new signings, having widely been considered the finest player in the Premier League across his seven years at Chelsea.
Éder Militão has been recruited to strengthen an ageing defence, Luka Jovic and Ferland Mendy are expected to be respective long-term successors to the long-serving Karim Benzema and Marcelo, while Brazilian teenager Rodrygo could yet prove the most influential signing of the lot. Yet when Atlético Madrid have invested heavily in João Félix in response to Barca signing Antoine Griezmann, the question endures as to whether Real have recruited enough?