With the transfer of Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid, official announcement on 16th of July 2024, the recap of a 21st century situation resumed. After 2000, Real Madrid did its best, thru the president Florentino Perez to sign all key players world wide, on astronomical amounts of money. The initial big signature of Real Madrid was, exactly in 2000, Luis Figo. The Portuguese not only opened the so-called “Galacticos” era, but it also put a solid border line against big rival, FC Barcelona, as Figo was their player, when he made the switch to Bernabeu – even though Luis Figo explained the reasons in a Netflix movie, the facts remain, and that is what the history will remember. Zinedine Zidane followed, and in a span of almost quarter of the century, Cristiano Ronaldo and, now, Kylian Mbappe, became the top of the top, both attended by 80.000 people at the presentation (maximum possible). In 2009 and 2024, respectively.
Full list of top 50 transfers made by Real Madrid in the last 2025 years!
Before going forward, what is the complete relevant list of Real Madrid “trademark” signatures from this century? I will “check” the biggest transfers touched by the team that revolutionized the football player market around the world. By far!
Out of the 50 mentioned above, 12 are still at the club, with Kylian Mbappe, of course, head of the list. Now, not all where only top of the top, but Real Madrid also developed a policy of bringing in the most promising youngsters they can get, so there are some significant examples above. I don’t want to get into too many details regarding the names, because it is pointless. The truth is that the practice started in 2000, by Florentino Perez, but continued, as you can see, when there was another president, from 2006 to 2008, and idled for some time between 2015 and 2018, when Real Madrid literally won everything they wanted, became a live trophy room, a human exposition. Is that bad, is that good?
1.7 billion EUR paid by Real Madrid, 600M brought back
Well… it is no-how. It is just a fact. Of course, all of the players above, touched the absolute top, their life pinnacle, by joining this club. Some made it, some overperformed, other crushed their career under the weight of the “blanco” jersey. Debates can be long, actually endless. The real truth is that, for the 50 names, more than 1.7 billion EUR were paid, and more than one third was brought back, with some top returns, including Cristiano Ronaldo’s selling! Will Mbappe match, in any other way Cristiano Ronaldo, above the almost similar presentation? Too hard to tell now. The premises exist.
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