Real Madrid the current Spanish and European champions, have had an underwhelming season so far and currently lie fourth in La Liga - fourteen points behind rivals Barcelona.

Real president Florentino Perez has a reputation for being trigger happy when it comes to hiring and firing managers, a fact not lost on current boss Zinedine Zidane who said: "I can't look further than the six next months I have ahead.

"It's sad but here you never know. I will try to end the season in the best way because we have many possibilities to win things again and that's really motivating for me and for the team."