At present, Marco Asensio is more out than in at Real Madrid.

After a meeting that took place today with Jose Angel Sanchez, Real Madrid's general manager, the player's renewal is moving away and within a week or so there could be a definitive decision.

A decision that as of today points to the player's departure.

Asensio's future has been hanging in the balance for months after his contract expires on June 30.

The player's sporting situation has always been the main obstacle to his continuity at Real Madrid.

Despite scoring 11 goals this season, he has long been missing a starring role that resists him.

Apart from that, neither the club nor the player should be able to make ends meet when it comes to signing a contract extension that looks like it will not happen in the end.

The last word has not been said, but now pessimism reigns.

The option of Aston Villa uncovered by MARCA

That the future of Asensio was far from Madrid was already intuited after the news advanced by MARCA on May 10, in which it was reported that the Madrid player is one of the reinforcements that Unai Emery manages for Aston Villa.

Apart from the English side, there are many other teams that have knocked on the door of Asensio since last summer, when he was already close to leaving Real Madrid.

"Asensio? He's looking at something to leave," Ancelotti acknowledged in August just days before the transfer window closed.

Before this meeting that could be a definitive turning point in Asensio's decision, MARCA already revealed last Sunday about the similarity in the situations of Asensio, Ceballos and Nacho, the three players with the most uncertain future of the seven who finish their contracts on June 30.

Mariano is facing his last days as a first-team player.

Luka Modric, Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos have agreed to renew for one year, although some of them have not yet signed.

On the other hand, Dani Ceballos, Nacho and Asensio are in the air, and in the case of the Balearic player, he is close to leaving the club.

An end to seven years in white

If Asensio's departure is confirmed, the Spaniard would put an end to a career of seven seasons at Real Madrid, where he has won 17 titles, including three Champions League titles.

His arrival at the club in the 2016-17 season after a year on loan at Espanyol made a spectacular impact.

After Cristiano's departure, in 2018-19 a step forward was expected from the player as he became the star, but it did not go as expected.

In the summer of 2019 came the serious knee injury that kept him 10 months without playing and since then he has fought unsuccessfully to regain prominence in the team, but the spectacular irruption of Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Fede Valverde have closed the way for him.