One of the greatest football clubs in history, Real Madrid have never shied away from making big-money moves in the transfer market.
The beginning of the new millennium saw them being nicknamed 'Los Galacticos' when they brought in at least one big superstar in every summer transfer window between 2000 to 2006.
After the end of that era, Real Madrid continued to spend big at times, even if they were slightly more frugal for a few years between 2015 and 2019.
They then broke the bank on Eden Hazard, before going into savings mode again as they aimed to bring in both Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.
Alas, they missed out on both as Haaland joined Manchester City and Mbappe signed a new deal with Paris Saint-Germain.
With cash to burn, Madrid then turned to Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni instead in 2022, before adding another superstar to their midfield in June 2023 when they secured the services of Jude Bellingham.
Real Madrid most expensive transfers by season
Season | Most expensive signing | Fee | Total spending |
2023/24 | Jude Bellingham | €103M/£89M | €107M/£92M |
2022/23 | Aurelien Tchouameni | €80M/£72M | €80M/£72M |
2021/22 | Eduardo Camavinga | €31M/£27.90M | €31M/£27.90M |
2020/21 | None | Nil | Nil |
2019/20 | Eden Hazard | €115M/£103.50M | €355.50M/£319.95M |
2018/19 | Vinicius Junior | €45M/£40.50M | €164.75M/£148.28M |
2017/18 | Theo Hernandez | €24M/£21.60M | €40.50M/£36.45M |
2016/17 | Alvaro Morata | €30M/£27M | €30M/£27M |
2015/16 | Mateo Kovacic | €38M/£34.20M | €92.90M/£83.61M |
2014/15 | James Rodriguez | €75M/£67.50M | €126M/£113.40M |
2013/14 | Gareth Bale | €101M/£90.90M | €175.50M/£157.95M |
2012/13 | Luka Modric | €35M/£31.50M | €38.50M/£34.65M |
2011/12 | Fabio Coentrao | €30M/£27M | €56M/£50.40M |
2010/11 | Angel Di Maria | €33M/£29.70M | €93M/£83.70M |
2009/10 | Cristiano Ronaldo | €94M/£84.60M | €258.50M/£232.65M |
2008/09 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | €27M/£24.30M | €82.20M/£73.98M |
2007/08 | Arjen Robben | €35M/£31.50M | €118M/£106.20M |
2006/07 | Mahamadou Diarra | €26M/£23.40M | €103M/£92.70M |
2005/06 | Sergio Ramos | €27M/£24.30M | €89.50M/£80.55M |
2004/05 | Walter Samuel | €25M/£22.50M | €58.70M/£52.83M |
2003/04 | David Beckham | €37.50M/£33.75M | €37.50M/£33.75M |
2002/03 | Ronaldo | €45M/£40.50M | €45M/£40.50M |
2001/02 | Zinedine Zidane | €77.50M/£69.75M | €77.50M/£69.75M |
2000/01 | Luis Figo | €60M/£54M | €121.95M/£109.76M |
TOTAL | €2,4b/£2,14b |
*All figures are taken from Transfermarkt unless stated otherwise.
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