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On 10 May 2017, an Isco goal was enough for Madrid to reach the Champions League final, despite Atlético winning the second leg 2–1, meaning that Real advanced by an aggregate score of 4–2. [43] On 14 May 2017, a Ronaldo brace and goals from Nacho and Kroos secured Real a 4–1 win over Sevilla. [44]
Jul 24, 2017 · published 24 July 2017. On this day in 2000, Luis Figo left Barcelona to become Real Madrid's first 'galáctico', thus kick-starting a footballing revolution like no other. It was, recalls...
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- Aro Arbeloa – £3.6m – Liverpool
- Eban Granero – £3.6m – Getafe
- Aro Negredo – £4.5m – Almería
- L Albiol – £13.5m – Valencia
- I Alonso – £31.5m – Liverpool
- Im Benzema – £31.5m – Olympique Lyonnais
- Á – £60.3M – AC Milan
- Stiano Ronaldo – £84.6M – Manchester United
Much like their fierce rivals Barcelona, the world of football is littered with players who came through the ranks at Real Madrid, but just couldn’tmake the grade – with Alvaro Arbeloa a prime example. Hardly a poor footballer, the Spanish right-back found success at first Deportivo and then Liverpool, spending two good years with the latter before...
Much like their fierce rivals Barcelona, the world of football is littered… Yeah, pretty much. Esteban Granero – much like Arbeloa before him – departed Madrid for a smaller Spanish side in the hope of first-team minutes, but actually impressed so much during his two seasons with Getafe (the first of those spent on loan), Madrid opted to bring the ...
Much like their fierce rivals Barcelona… No, not quitethis time. Álvaro Negredo had begun his career at city rivals Rayo Vallecano before joining Madrid’s Castilla side before being moved on to UD Almería in 2007. He followed the same timeline as fellow Spaniard Granero, but instead of being given a chance at Madrid upon his 2009 return, the big ce...
The entirety of that Negredo fee can be seen as going on Raúl Albiol; a reliable pillar in the backline who acted as able cover for Madrid during his four-year spell at Los Merengues, and one who can still be found marshalling La Liga defences to this day at Villarreal. And able cover he was – filling the gaping void left by Pepe when the Portugues...
While it’s clear Pellegrini was very conscious of beefing up his squad with filler players and bench options, he also splashed the cash necessary to add instant improvements to his first XI – with Xabi Alonso the man chosen to add steel and style to the centre of the park. He managed some forty games that season for Madrid and was named in the Marc...
If you look at any list since 2007 relating to goal scoring, goal involvements or goals-to-games ratios, the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo consistently dominate, but Karim Benzema has gently purred away in the shadows as a quietly superb forward – and one who is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Benzema propelled himself to...
Having been at the eye of a transfer storm during the 2009 January window, AC Milan knew they had their work cut out to keep Kaká at San Siro – and so it proved. While the Brazilian ultimately rejected the advances of nouveau riche Manchester City, the allure of Los Blancos was too much for the midfielder – or the club to turn down, as the former S...
Last, but not least, it’s the man Real Madrid made the most expensive footballer in the world. The creme dela creme. The gold standard. The greatest signing in the history of football. Cristiano Ronaldo strutted onto the hollow turf of football’s finest theatre on July 6th with the weight of the world on his shoulders, but departed it nine years la...
Apr 10, 2017 · It is more commonly used for every big signing Real Madrid makes during transfer windows and to find its origin, we need to go back to the year 2000 when Florentino Perez became the club...
Nov 27, 2017 · It’s now more than a decade since the man behind the Galacticos project, club president Florentino Perez, was removed from power. But what happened next to the players in this footballing drama?
Oct 9, 2021 · David Beckham followed Ronaldo in 2003 when he joined from Manchester United. While Beckham's talent levels may not have come close to that of Figo, Zidane or Ronaldo, he was a European...
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Feb 17, 2016 · Cristiano Ronaldo has since broken that goalscoring mark, but the man described as the 'eternal captain' will always hold a special place in Real Madrid folklore. It all started terribly.
