Midfield: Paul Pogba (£89m), James Rodriguez (£63m) and Kaka (£56m)
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Paul Pogba returns to Manchester United where he first made a name for himself before moving to Juventus under acrimonious circumstances. After getting frustrated on the bench under Sir Alex Ferguson, his agent Mino Raiola negotiated a deal with the Serie A club much to the displeasure of Sir Alex Ferguson and Pogba was gone for next to nothing after his contract was done (save for a training compensation fee United received which was less than £1m).
Now, after four years of immense success at Juventus and the closest a French midfielder has come to Premier League legend Patrick Vieira, he is back at Old Trafford after United broke the transfer record to ‘bring him home’. Pogba himself said he has unfinished business and, under Jose Mourinho, the Premier League could see a new beast dominating midfield battles.
Real Madrid are famous for buying players who can also be marketed and James Rodriguez is no exception. The Golden Boot at the 2014 World Cup was enough to see Los Blancos spend a mammoth £63m to secure his services.
While he had a successful first season on an individual level scoring 17 goals and grabbing 13 assists in all competitions, his second season was considerably poor with a return of only 8 goals as Zinedine Zidane benched him and he was used more as a substitute.
Kaka represents another failed signing at Real Madrid. The midfielder cost the Spanish club £56m to sign from AC Milan where the Brazilian midfielder had won the Serie A and Champions League before he became part of the new-Galacticos project.
However, injuries saw his appearances at the Bernabeu limited to just 120 appearances in all competitions over four seasons. The midfielder was in decline by the time he left the club after winning just one La Liga title and a Copa del Rey trophy.
