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Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Benitez will not be at Real Madrid next season, says Sky Sports' Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.

Madrid lost 4-0 at home to Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday, a defeat that now leaves Benitez's side down in third place in the table, six points behind the champions.

However, despite having a contract in the Spanish capital until the summer of 2018, Balague does not expect Benitez to still be in charge of Real next season, with Perez having already begun the search for his successor.

Another absentee in the Spanish capital next season is likely to be Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo, according to Balague.

The Portuguese forward, who is contracted to Real until the end of June 2018, has recently been linked with either a return to Manchester United or a move to Paris Saint-Germain next summer.