From Alaba to Mbappe: How Real Madrid Dominates the Free Transfer Market Year In, Year Out.
Real Madrid has not only been one of the best clubs in Europe in terms of performance, but they’ve also been consistently amazing during the transfer windows as well. President Fiorentino Perez has continuously demonstrated a strategic prowess in acquiring top-tier talent on free transfers for years.
Over the past five years, the club has secured several marquee players on free transfers. This includes bagging the world-class player Kylian Mbappe. By managing to bag players like this on free transfers, they have managed to reinforce their squad the best way while maintaining financial prudence.
In 2021, Real Madrid made a significant move when they signed the Austrian defender David Alaba from Bayern Munich on a free transfer. Since then, Alaba’s versatility and experience have been absolutely invaluable to the team.
He has contributed to Real Madrid’s domestic and European successes, including a La Liga title and a Champions League win. In recent times, his time has been plagued with injuries. He has hardly been able to contribute to the team.
In the summer of 2022, Real Madrid brought in the German center-back Antonio Rudiger from Chelsea on another free transfer. Rudiger’s robust defensive skills and aerial prowess have since helped Real Madrid solidify their defense.
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Added to that, in just this short amount of time, he has become extremely devoted to Los Blancos. His qualities have been instrumental in the club’s continued dominance in both domestic and European competitions.
After years of speculation and efforts, the French superstar Kylian Mbappe joined Real Madrid in 2024 on a free transfer from Paris Saint-Germain. Madrid had been trying to register Mbappe for years and when they finally managed, it was a tactical masterstroke. Bringing in Mbappe would’ve cost them €200 million or more.
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Added to that, his arrival was a major boost for Los Blancos in merchandise sales as well. The striker was met with immense fanfare. Around 80,000 supporters attended his unveiling at the Santiago Bernabeu. Donning the iconic number 9 jersey, Mbappe expressed his elation, and has since been performing consistently for Los Blancos.
The new man to be added to the list this year would be Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold. The prolific defender is poised to join Real Madrid on a free transfer in the summer transfer window this year. Having spent two decades at Liverpool, Alexander-Arnold now seeks a new challenge.
Reportedly, Real Madrid are offering a lucrative five-year deal to Los Blancos. While the move has not been officially announced, the anticipation surrounding his potential arrival has gone off the roof. As Alexander-Arnold has already announced his departure from Liverpool, it’s only a matter of time that Real Madrid make the announcement official.
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