Four points clear of second-placed Barcelona at the top of the table, Real are out of the Copa and also Champions League and this lead to a crisis meeting on the weekend, says Marca.

Real president Ramon Calderon, along with two fellow directors, met with sports chief Pedja Mijatovic to discuss the situation. Calderon reportedly told Mijatovic: "If things don't change, we will make changes ourselves."

Mijatovic immediately passed the message onto coach Bernd Schuster.