Having ended 2017-18 by being crowned European champions for the third time in a row, Madrid struggled to adapt to life after Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo, with Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari both being sacked before Zidane was brought back to the Bernabeu.
Matters barely improved under the Frenchman during the closing months of the season, though, and as such the Spanish giants have been busy in the transfer market in a bid to improve their fortunes next term.
More than £350m worth of talent has already arrived in the current transfer window, including Eden Hazard, Eder Militao, Luka Jovic, Rodrygo Goes and Ferland Mendy.