Greetings to you all. This is my first post in the world of football, and I'd like to discuss the legendary Real Madrid Club.

BRIEF HISTORY

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On March 6, 1902, a group of football fans in Madrid, Spain, formed the Real Madrid Football Club. Santiago Bernabeu Yeste, who played for Real Madrid from 1912 to 1927 and served as club president and helped cement the club's international reputation. Madrid quickly established a name for itself in Spain thanks to its iconic blue-and-white jersey and their remarkable performance . Under their first coach, Englishman Arthur Johnson, the team won three consecutive titles in the Spanish League, known as La Liga. Real Madrid would go on to win 29 La Liga titles between 1986 and 2006, including five straight from 1986 to 1990.

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I've been a supporter of the club since I first became interested in football. By far, I've realized that Real Madrid signs footballers with a lot of potential.

Galácticos (Spanish for "superstars") are expensive, world-famous Real Madrid football players recruited during Florentino Pérez's president at Real Madrid, when he purchased at least one superstar every summer during his initial stint in the early 2000s. The term "galácticos" is now commonly used to refer to a select group of football superstars in any squad.Wikipedia

Real Madrid has always had huge players, even before the term galactico was coined to define the era in the early 2000s. Argentine superstar Alfredo Di Stefano is one of them. From 1956 to 1960, the resulting team won the European Cup, Europe's football title, five times in a row, a record till date.

Real Madrid continued to invest more and more on highly competent and brilliant players as time went on. They invest a lot of money to bring in the top players in the world and put together a team. It was more akin to a super hero football team like the Avengers😂😂. Bringing in the greatest players from across the world in every position automatically improves performance. This isn't as straightforward as it appears. Despite bringing in world-class players, Madrid ensures that they have the best of everything else in order for them to function at their best.

These include, among other things, a world-class coaching staff, world-class training and technical enhancement devices, and a world-class stadium.

Santiago Bernabeu
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Till date Real Madrid continues to recruit world best players with a very high potential of doing more.

The Galactico Signings

Let’s see some of the big spendings of Real Madrid and how it has helped in their European success.

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Cristiano Ronaldo
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Galactico	Price singed for (€)
Roberto Carlos	3.5M
Mesut Özil	15M
Toni Kroos	30M
Luka Modrić	32M
Kaka	67M
James Rodriguez	75 M
Karim Benzema	35 M
Xabi Alonso	35
Sergio Ramos	27M
David Beckham	37.5 M
Luis Figo	60 M
Eden Hazard	100 M
Gareth Bale	101 M
Ronaldo Nazario	45 M
Zinedine Zidane	75 M
Cristiano Ronaldo	94 M

Even though the Galactico policy had its downsides, it has been effective enough to win their way up to become one of the most dominant teams in Europe and the world at large. Backing this with facts, Real Madrid has 13 champions league titles, 34 la liga trophies, 13 Spanish super cups , 19 copa del rey, 4 fifa club world cups , 4 UEFA super cups, 2 Europas, 1 International Champions Cups among others.

It is in no doubt that Real Madrid has built a legacy out of buying Galacticos. The new era of building young players is very essential and that is what Madrid is focusing on now.

Thanks for having time to read this post.