Top 10 Real Madrid’s Most Expensive Player Transfers (Records)
Today we bring you the list of top 10 transfer fees paid by Real Madrid and recieved, Real Madrid have set the record transfer fee paid several times and broke their own record in terms of most expensive player signings. So lets take a look at their transfer business and highest transfer fees.
#1. Gareth Bale – (£86 millions)
Date – September 2013
Gareth Bale Joined Real Madrid in the summer of 2013 after long hard negotiation which ended in Real Madrid paying world record fee to get Bale to Bernabue, He also became the highest paid player in the world with 256 K a week salary.
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#2. Cristiano Ronald0 – (£80 millions)
Date – June 2009
Cristiano Ronaldo move to Real Madrid was the most anticipated and talked about transfer and Real Madrid broke the bank to get Ronaldo to Bernabue. They paid Manchester United $100 Million for Ronaldo’s services.
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#3. James Rodriguez – (£60 millions)
Date – July 2014
After winning golden boot in 2014 world cup and being the best player in the competition it was invitable that Real Madrid will come calling for James Rodriguez and it did not take long before he was unveiled at Santiago Bernabue on 21 July 2014 for a record £60 million fee which is 3rd highest in real madrid history.
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#3. Kaka – (£56 millions)
Date – June 2009
Few days before C Ronaldo moved to Madrid, the club bought Kaka from AC Milan which was at the time highest transfer fee paid for a player. Kaka however never got going in Real Madrid shirt and his career went down hill.
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#4. Zidane – (£45 millions)
Date – July 2001
Zidane moved to Real Madrid from Juventus in what was the record transfer fee for any player in the world in 2001, his moved eclipsed last years Luis Figo transfer fee.
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#5. Luis Figo – (£37 millions)
Date – July 2000
The most controversial transfer and again one more record breaking transfer by Real Madrid, Luis Figo moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid in 2000 in a record fee.
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#6. Karim Benzema – (£30 millions)
Date – July 2009
Karim Benzema joined the revelation in 2009 when new glactico era became and he was the third high profile signing by Real Madrid in 2009, joining Ronaldo and Kaka upfront.
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#7. Xabi Alonso – (£30 millions)
Date – July 2009
Former Liverpool player is a longtime Real Madrid fan and he moved from Liverpool in 2009 as well when Real Madrid started their over haul of the team and bought many established stars to keep competitive with Barca.
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#8. Luka Modric – (£30 millions)
Date – August 2011
Luka Modric is another big name player who joined madrid in 2011 for a fee around £30 million which real madrid paid to Tottenham.
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#9. Ronaldo – (£28 millions)
Date – July 2002
One of the greatest player to have graced the game, Ronaldo joined madrid from Inter Milan in 2002 after couple of injury hit seasons.
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#10. Fabio Contrao – (£27 millions)
Date – July 2011