Real Madrid, under the guidance of Carlo Ancelotti, is navigating a season filled with challenges. Despite recent successes, the club's management is already looking ahead to the future and considering potential additions to strengthen the squad.

Between his spells at Madrid his superiors were Bayern Munich’s self-confident president Uli Hoeness (Ancelotti was there for 2016-17), Napoli ’s larger-than-life president Aurelio de Laurentiis (during 2018-19) and Everton ’s majority owner Farhad Moshiri (2019-2021).

The match was suspended for just over 20 minutes after home fans hurled objects onto the pitch as Real celebrated their opener. Read more at straitstimes.com.