Used to spending crazy amounts of money to afford the best players on the planet, Real Madrid has changed its tune. Indeed, Florentino Pérez now prefers to recruit stars freely and for free at the end of their contract. After paying €0 for David Alaba, Antonio Rüdiger and Kylian Mbappé, the president of Real Madrid would like to do the same with Jonathan Tah, Joshua Kimmich, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Alphonso Davies.
At the end of the contract on June 30, 2024 with the PSGKylian Mbappé signed freely and for free in favor of Real Madrid. Alerted by the situation of the 25-year-old star, the Merengue club jumped at the opportunity to complete an XXL transfer at €0. And this is not the first time that Florentino Pérez has adopted this strategy with a star.
Real recruited Alaba, Rüdiger and Mbappé for €0
In the summer of 2022, it is Antonio Rüdiger who signed freely and gratuitously in favor of Real Madrid. Indeed, the German international was at the end of his contract on June 30 of that year with Chelsea. Used to breaking the bank to afford the biggest stars on the planet, Florentino Pérez has completely changed its strategy in the transfer window, starting from the 2021 offseason. In fact, David Alaba was the first big name to sign for €0 in Real Madridbeing engaged until June 30 with the Bayern. And after completing the arrival of Kylian Mbappé under the same conditions, the White House wouldn't plan to stop there. Indeed, the club led by Carlo Ancelotti would like to tackle Jonathan Tah (Bayer), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) and Alphonso Davies (Bayern) this summer, all committed until June 30, 2025.
Tah, Kimmich, Alexander-Arnold and Davies are targeted
Avant David Alabathe Real Madrid has made a few €0 shots in its history, but they did not involve renowned players. Indeed, Fernando Morientes (Real Zaragoza, 1997), Javier Saviola (FC Barcelona), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Jerzy Dudek (Liverpool, 2007), Hamit Altintop (Bavaria, 2011) et Takefusa Kubo (FC Tokyo, 2019) signed freely and free of charge at the White House.
