Throughout history, the Real Madrid club created a famous reputation for signing a contract with the best players on the planet. Their galaxy “Galacticos” has gathered names like David Beckham, Jude Bellingham and Cristiano Ronaldo, all of them docked Santiago Bernabeu with huge transfer fees.
However, besides that, the team currently ranked second in La Liga also shows the respectable wisdom when bringing back the top stars without spending a penny.
Real Madrid is considered the largest football club in the world and their attraction is immeasurable in the football village. As a result, they have a chance to simply wait for some of the top names to become free players, knowing that these players will most likely choose to move to Los Blancos if the team shows interest.
With Trent Alexander Arnold is the latest world -class player agreeing to the terms and preparing to join that Real Madrid does not have to pay Liverpool a penny, this is the right time to look back on the best 11 player who has ever arrived at the club in the form of free transfer. It was indeed a formidable squad.
Starting from the position in the wooden frame is Jerzy Dudek. The club has not signed a contract with too many goalkeepers in the past years, but they have brought back Dudek without spending money after his contract with Liverpool expired in 2007. He had four years with the team, but only played a few matches before retiring in 2011.
The latest star preparing to join the club will be Trent Alexander Arnold, when the British player recently announced his intention to leave Liverpool in a free form after the British contract expired this summer. Therefore, he occupied a capacity in the right defender in this squad.
Moving into the center of the defense are David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger. The couple used to be key factors in Bayern Munich and Chelsea, but that was not enough to keep them from the attraction of Real Madrid.
Alaba joined in 2021, but the injury affected his play time, while Rudiger became an important player of the team after joining 2022.
The left -back position is quite scarce of quality free contracts, but Hamit Altintop has joined the free club when he left Bayern Munich in 2011. However, Altintop only goes through a season at home, competing 12 matches for Real Madrid before moving to Galatasaray.
In midfield, Steve McManaman reserved his peak career to Liverpool before moving to Real Madrid in 1999. His time in Madrid only lasted four years, but it was a solid stage, with the midfielder playing more than 150 matches for the club, contributing to 34 goals.
Bernd Schuster is more famous for his time wearing Barcelona, but he did unthinkable when after eight years of attachment to the Catalan giant, he joined Real Madrid.
Bernd Schuster has two years of playing for the club, played 88 times and scored 16 goals before moving to the rival with the city, Atletico Madrid.
The last midfielder in the squad is Michael Laudrup. Like Schuster, he joined Real Madrid on the form of free transfer from Barcelona and there were only two seasons for Los Blancos.
Continuing the trend of Barcelona players to join Real Madrid for free, the next name is Javier Saviola. The Argentinian striker had six seasons at the Camp Nou, with two seasons lent in Monaco and Sevilla, before moving to Real Madrid without wasting in 2007.
Fernando Morientes joined Real Madrid on the form of free transfer in 1997 after an impressive period with Real Zaragoza and he had a great journey at Santiago Bernabeu. The Spanish striker had eight years with the club, scoring 100 goals after 272 appearances before moving to Liverpool in 2005.
The last player in the squad, and the nearest person before Alexander Arnold’s announcement, Kylian Mbappe.
The French player made a mark in the Paris Saint Germain, but could not win the Champions League with the Ligue 1 team and decided to join Real Madrid after many years of contact.
He moved to Spain last summer and showed a stable performance. They can lose the title of La Liga into Barcelona’s hands, but the French player played excellent and still had a promising future ahead.
