Zinedine Zidane has so many stars his Real Madrid XI can manage themselves, says Ronald de Boer

Real Madrid have so many stars they can put eleven players out on the pitch and the rest will take care of itself, according to former Barcelona midfielder Ronald De Boer.

Los Blancos are currently sitting top of the La Liga table with a three-point advantage over their bitter rivals and are once again in the Champions League semi-final – where they’ll face Atletico Madrid in a repeat of the 2014 & 2016 final.

De Boer, who spent one and a half seasons at the Camp Nou in the late 90’s, has hailed the strength of Zinedine Zidane’s squad and feels the Frenchman has stabilised the entire squad this year and insists the best players in the world are in Spain.

“The best club players in the world are playing at the Spanish clubs,” De Boer is quoted by Football Espana.
“In the last few years the Spanish teams have dominated in Europe and there’s been nobody close to Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, but the best players in the world are at the Spanish clubs.
“Real Madrid are quite stable this year – there is no speculation over the manager and relatively little over the players, and performances might not be fantastic but they’re generally strong.

“They can score from every position, they have so many stars – they can just put eleven players on the pitch and they will play with each other.
“Barcelona are more in my eyes a team with a stronger template of how they want to play and perform, at the minute I believe the two are equal.”

With El Clasico on the horizon, Madrid warmed up for the meeting with a 4-2 win over Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening – in a game that was shrouded in controversy as two of Cristiano Ronaldo’s three goals should have been ruled out for offside.

Victory over the Catalan giants will be a big boost for Zidane as he bids to bring the title back to the Santiago Bernabeu for the first time since the 2011/2012 season as they would move six points clear and still have a game in hand.