From Figo and Cristiano to Mbappé: the chilling figure that Madrid invested in signings for 30 years, which would be enough to build a station on the Moon

It was an open secret, a matter of time, but now it is a fact. This was confirmed by the Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano. one of the most reliable voices in the transfer markets. According to the press man, andThe white club has everything ready to officially announce the Frenchman in the coming days. The decision to make the leap from the country to Madrid, with the sole objective of winning the Champions League, a tournament friendly to the meringues, was made in February.

As it is remembered, the attacker will arrive at Madrid after more than five years of waiting for the fans. Since 2017, Kylian had the possibility of playing for the Spanish team, but at that time he decided to leave Monaco to go to PSG, for a record transfer fee (approximately $180 million). In 2022 he was once again close to making his signing, even president Florentino Pérez was willing to make financial efforts to achieve it, but a surprise renewal with the Paris team once again left a Real team empty-handed that, despite the inconvenience , continued with his life: winning titles, Champions included. An old custom of the most successful in Europe.

‘galactic’ numbers

It will go down in history: Real Madrid signed Kylian Mbappé, possibly the strongest successor to the Messi-Cristiano throne, without paying a single dollar to PSG, the state club that invested millions and millions in the French star. But that does not mean that the whites will not make any expenditure.

According to information from the Marca newspaper, in addition, according to the program “El Larguero” on Cadena SER, also from Spain, that is, an approximate 160 million for the five seasons in which he will wear white.

On the other hand, in Europe they point out that Mbappé would wear the number ‘9’ shirt that Benzema left behind, a number with which a certain Cristiano Ronaldo began his history at the club.

And while the attacker is focused on the Euro Cup, in Madrid they are already dreaming of seeing him alongside Vinicius Jr. and Bellingham. He will be a ‘galactic’ signing although not the most expensive. Below we review the transfers for which Real spent the most and that even – playing with the wonderful imagination – would be enough to build a station on the Moon.

Real Madrid’s most expensive signings

Kylian Mbappé is probably the most anticipated signing for Real Madrid. But, as a matter of payment from club to club, he is not the most expensive. Real Madrid is not a state club, it is far from being one, but it has the economic power to install its players among the most expensive transfers in the history of football.

In fact, the ten most expensive signings in its history, made in the last three decades, adding the 130 million that they will pay in bonus to Mbappé, add up to more than a billion dollars. What wouldn’t be done with all that money? With that amount, for example, NASA’s dream for November of this year could be realized: installing a space station in lunar orbit.

According to a newspaper article The confidential of Spain, NASA’s contract with the aerospace company Northrop Grumman, which will make such a project a reality, amounts to 935 million dollars. What Madrid spent on just eleven ‘galactic’ signings would have been used for the “big step for NASA,” according to the words of Kathy Lueders, the associate administrator for NASA’s manned exploration operations.

Eden Hazard is the footballer who cost the meringues the most: 115 million dollars paid to Chelsea. Although the Belgian’s numbers were not at all what was expected: four goals and seven assists in the 54 games he played over four seasons. Behind him, Bellingham (103 million, adding the 25 million that he will now have to pay to Dortmund as a bonus for having reached the Champions League final, precisely against the whites).

On the list are historical names such as Cristiano Ronaldo (94 million to Manchester United that turned into 16 titles, 405 goals and 119 assists), Zidane (hero of the Champions League in 2002 and architect of those achieved in 2016, 2017 and 2018 as technician) and Luis Figo.