Wingers: Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m) and Gareth Bale (£86m)
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With Barcelona dominating the Spanish football landscape under Pep Guardiola, Real Madrid needed reinforcements and Cristiano Ronaldo became their biggest signing in years. After achieving everything he could at Manchester United, the EPL club granted him his dream move and sold him for a then-record £80m.
It would arguably be the club’s greatest investment of all time. In seven seasons at the Bernabeu since then, Ronaldo has shattered records left, right and centre and has even scored a ratio of more than one goal per game – astonishing figures in the modern day game.
Los Blancos would go on to break their own record to sign Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. The north London club held out for £86m and duly got their fee as the Premier League lost its two-time Player of the Year to La Liga.
Bale would have an instant impact in his first season, especially in the big games. His goal in the Copa del Rey final saw Barcelona brushed aside before he scored the all-important goal in the Champions League final to take the lead over derby rivals Atletico Madrid.
The pair has since helped Real Madrid to yet another Champions League triumph and Zidane would not trade either player for anyone else in the world.
