Is this the beginning of the end for Real Madrid’s golden galacticos?

The mood on Real Madrid’s plane home Saturday night must have been quite strange, as the team’s historic third consecutive Champions League success was immediately overshadowed by its two most high profile individual stars talking about leaving this summer.

The celebrations had only just begun following Zinedine Zidane’s side’s patchy but ultimately deserved 3-1 victory over an unfortunate Liverpool team, when Cristiano Ronaldo suggested he was fed up waiting for a payrise from club president Florentino Perez.

“You will have my answer over my future in the coming days,” said Ronaldo on Beinsports Espana, before switching to the past tense: “It has been very nice being at Real Madrid.”