The player's contract ends and there is no performance practice.

After the departure of central defender Sergio Ramos, Brazilian defense player of Real Madrid Marcelo became the team captain, but the new-found status did not affect the attitude of head coach Carlo Ancelotti towards him regarding the issue of finding this performer in the starting lineup..

After a tough 2018/19 season, the 33-year-old has started to appear less and less in the Galacticos starting lineup, and the approaching end of his current agreement with the club leaves no room for maneuver.

Already next summer, Marcelo has every chance of becoming a free agent and, apparently, is not at all against such a scenario..

The fact is that after the start of the new season, we can confidently conclude that the Brazilian is only the fifth candidate in the rotation of Ancelotti for the left-back position, according to the amount of time spent on the field..

Ferlan Mendy, Miguel Gutierrez, David Alaba and Nacho Fernandez are ahead of him in this indicator.

It is worth noting that Marcelo did not play enough even at a time when he was not knocked out of the training process by two serious injuries - in August and September, and the return of the young Frenchman completely closed the way for the rest of the candidates to the starting lineup..

To date, the Brazilian has played 5 of 19 games (26%) of Real Madrid this season, which is not compared with 19 of 53 games (36%) last year and 23 of 52 (45%) matches in the 2019/20 season..

Such a disappointing trend automatically develops into rumors that at the end of the current football year, Marcelo's performances for the “creamy” will end.