In previous years, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has always known his best team at the club.

However, this season has been different. The Real Madrid manager is yet to have an assured starting midfield, as the likes of Luka Modric and Toni Kroos are not as indispensable as they once were.

Aurelien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Federico Valverde, and more recently Dani Ceballos have all had their share of midfield success.

When asked about which midfield combination he’s thinking of playing against Barcelona, Ancelotti replied: “We’re eight months into the season and I still don’t know who the 11 players of the starting line-up should be.

“You’ll see tomorrow if Kroos or Modrić are left out. You need many things for these kinds of matches, such as energy, personality and control of the ball. If Kroos doesn’t start, that would be because of energy, because obviously he doesn’t lack personality or control of the ball.

“We’ve got Tchouaméni doing well after returning to fitness and Camavinga is doing really well too. It’s good for us to have two players at such a high level.”