#4 Fabio Coentrao – Real Madrid – £8.93m decrease
Real Madrid fans on Twitter have only one response to Coentrao making an appearance in a Los Blancos shirt – ‘HE’S ALIVE!’
For a player to have made just 56 appearances in 5 and a half seasons at the club is downright awful. Coentrao being injury prone has also been a factor, as the left-back has missed 51 games for Real Madrid through injury.
It’s a poor return for the €30 million Real Madrid paid Benfica in 2011, with Coentrao just managing a paltry 150 minutes on the pitch in 4 appearances for Real Madrid this season. No wonder then, that the Portuguese defender has seen his value fall by 58.3% in 2016. He’s still 28 years old though, and can perhaps reverse the downward trend of his career.
Jan 2016 value: £15.3 million
Jan 2017 value: £6.38 million