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Real Madrid: The 5 biggest transfers in history
Posted on August 6, 2022 at 07:30 by Guillaume de Saint Sauveur
Accustomed to particularly expensive operations on the transfer market, Real Madrid have always had big stars in their ranks in their history. A custom that says a lot about the size of the operations carried out during the transfer window, and here are the five most expensive transfers from the merengue club.
1-Eden Hazard, 115M€
One year after the sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Juventus which had not been remedied, the Real Madrid decided to bet big on Eden Hazard. A big fan of the profile of the Belgian international since his debut with the LOSC, Zinedine Zidane did not hesitate to drop €115m to buy out his last year of contract with Chelsea, doingHazard lmost expensive player in club history merengue. An investment which, to date, is still far from being profitable…
2-Gareth Bale, 100M€
At the end of his contract with the Real Madrid this summer, Gareth Bale therefore left free and finally engaged with the Los Angeles FC. However, when he arrived in 2013, the club merengue hadn’t hesitated to pull out all the stops to attract him from Tottenhamet Bale had cost around 100M€. The Welsh international was also a major element of the Madrid attack in the early years, before gradually disappearing from the radar…
3-Aurelien Tchouameni, €100m
After his remarkable season with theAS Monacorewarded by her first selections for the French team, Aurelien Tchouameni was transferred to Real Madrid this summer for a total of €100 million, bonus included. Negotiations were nevertheless tight in this case since the PSG, Liverpool and the Juventus also courted the French midfielder, but the Spanish team finally had their favors: ” It’s a dream to sign for the best club in the world. (…) Did I speak with Benzema and Camavinga? Yes, I spoke with them. Camavinga spoke to me when things came out in the press. He is an example of how to improve when you play in the best team in the world », indicated Tchouaméni last June during his presentation press conference at the Real Madrid.
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4-Cristiano Ronaldo, 94M€
Among the great historical operations of the Real Madrid on the transfer market, the case Cristiano Ronaldo necessarily occupies a special place. The Portuguese striker, recruited from Manchester United in 2009, was one of the most historic operations in the history of the market, as much by the prestige of the transfer as by its media coverage. Finally, CR7 will have worn the club tunic merengue for nine years, before flying off towards the Juventus Turin after having won 2 Ballons d’Or and 4 Champions Leagues with the Real Madrid.
5-James Rodriguez and Zidane, €75M
For fifth place in this ranking, two former stars of the Real Madrid share the chair. The first is none other than James Rodriguezthe Colombian playmaker, for whom the Real Madrid had therefore spent a small fortune to dislodge him from theAS Monaco following his XXL performances at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. And the same price had been spent 13 years before for Zinedine Zidaneconsidered at that time to be the best player in the world, and who had landed from the Juventus Turin for a record amount.
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