How much more will it cost?

The current Real Madrid leadership is currently under severe criticism for spending around 100 million euros this season for no apparent gain. However, a quick look at the club's transfer policy over the past three seasons (see the table below), shows that this is not a new phenomenon. And yet, the first team squads are generally composed of players who have been at the club much longer (Casillas, Raúl, Guti, Salgado, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo, Helguera). Some (though not all) of these players are just not showing either the form or the commitment required to retain their regular starting place, or even their place at the club.

Perhaps Mijatovic and Capello's promised "measures" will seek to address this. In the meantime, the club has restricted access to the squad's training sessions for both journalists and fans to the first fifteen minutes (warm up and stretches), presumably to prevent any further "indiscretions" being caught on camera.

Player	Cost (€ million)	Status	Sold for (€ million)
2004-2005
Walter Samuel	25	sold to Inter	16
Jonathan Woodgate	22	on loan to Middlesbrough
Michael Owen	12	sold to Newcastle	24
Thomas Gravesen	6	sold to Celtic	4
2005-2006
Carlos Diogo	5	on loan to Zaragoza
Pablo García	4.5	on loan to Celta
Julio Baptista	24.5	on loan to Arsenal
Sergio Ramos	27	first team
Robinho	24.5	first team
Cassano	6	leaving in January?
Cicinho	8	long term injured
2006-2007
Fabio Cannavaro	7	first team
Emerson	16	first team
Mahamadou Diarra	26	first team
Ruud van Nistelrooy	15	first team
José Antonio Reyes	free	on loan from Arsenal
Marcelo	6	just debuted
Gonzalo Higuaín	12	not yet debuted
Fernando Gago	18	just debuted
Total	264.5		44