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With pre-season now in full swing, Julen Lopetegui has a much better grip of his squad and is set to push Marco Asensio forward as Real Madrid's replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo, rather than spend a ludicrous sum on Eden Hazard.

The consensus inside the Bernabeu offices is that no player is worth more than 100 million euros, with the exception of Neymar, and Chelsea's demands of 200m euros for the Belgian will prevent any deal.

However, Los Blancos are comfortable with the situation given that Ronaldo's left-wing spot is ready made for Asensio to step into and utilise, allowing him to turn from a great player into a bona fide world class superstar.

Such confidence in the young Mallorcan extends to Real's current acceptance that Neymar won't sign for them this summer. He nonetheless remains club president Florentino Perez's great desire, a player who he would spend nine figures on.

If this transfer window is off the agenda, though, the summer of 2019 is considered an open case for making a play at the Brazilian.

It is considered more feasible that Neymar would want to, and be able to, leave after two years with Paris Saint-Germain, at which point Real Madrid could pounce.

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The faith in Asensio extends down to the younger members of the squad, too, and it isn't ruled out that a player such as Vinicius, Dani Ceballos or Martin Odegaard could make a big impact on the team this season.

In fact, the new Real Madrid boss is sounding a lot like Zinedine Zidane when he tells reporters that he would be perfectly content without any more transfers taking place, in or out of his squad.

Thibaut Courtois is the next name set to arrive but Chelsea want to sign a new goalkeeper before he is allowed to swap London for the Spanish capital.

And the possibility of a new striker joining him at Valdebebas is looking less and less likely, with the UEFA Super Cup marked out as the true litmus test for Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema's ability to lead the line.

Real want a striker that is clinical, fits into their style, and doesn't cost too much money. That rules out Harry Kane and, given Bayern Munich's current stance, Robert Lewandowski.

But Lopetegui will be perfectly content to attack the new campaign with the squad he has and the Blancos boss has overcome Ronaldo's exit to formulate a fresh approach with the talent left behind by his predecessor.