Will Kylian Mbappe be another Real Madrid signing from Galactico?

Things haven’t been smooth sailing for Kylian Mbappe since joining Real Madrid from PSG in the summer. He certainly wouldn’t become a failed Galactician like these seven, would he?

Eden Hazard
Eden Hazard has gone from Chelsea legend and best player in the Premier League to worst player. real Madrid story. He was so good that Florentino Perez decided it was worth shelling out £105 million when the Belgian was 28 and had just a year left on his contract.

On the plus side, the signing could have been a sliding door moment for Perez, who has since been reluctant to spend big on players in their prime years, leaning towards free transfer deals for the likes of Antonio Rudiger, David Alaba and Kylian Mbappe .

The Blues icon did become a Champions League winner during his time at Madrid, but his contribution was minimal, appearing three times and only for eight minutes in the knockout stages. His only start was a shocking home defeat to Sheriff, which is quite natural.

After the 2022/23 season, in which he made just 10 appearances, Hazard decided to call time on a fine playing career after several miserable years in the Spanish capital. It was indeed a sad end for the former Belgium captain, who will unfortunately go down in history as the worst player Real Madrid ever signed.

Kaka
Real Madrid went for it in the 2009 summer transfer window, breaking the world record twice: first with Milan legend Kaka and then with Cristiano Ronaldo.

He was unstoppable at Milan and he was the best player in the world for two or three years, but we never saw that at the biggest club in the world; Los Blancos were almost men during the Brazilian’s time at the club, and his stay in Madrid was hampered by injuries.

Between 2009 and his return to Milan in 2013, 2007 Ballon d’Or winner Kaká won only two major honors – due to Barcelona’s dominance under Pep Guardiola – and scored a measly five Champions League goals as Madrid failed to was able to reach the semi-finals. let.

People probably forget how incredible Kaká was in his prime, and that stems from his disappointing spell in Madrid. He only lasted four years and left before Madrid started winning European cups for fun.

James Rodriguez
Everything was perfect for James to become the next truly great Galactician. He had just managed Colombia at the 2014 World Cup, scoring the most iconic goal of the tournament against Uruguay and scoring eight silly goals in five matches.

Real Madrid snapped up the world’s best young player after a tournament in Brazil and gave him the number 10 shirt. Expectations were high, but the Colombian seemed to enjoy it. James performed brilliantly for the European champions in his first season, scoring 13 goals and providing 13 assists in 29 La Liga appearances.

James’s goal and assist stats were very helpful during his time in Madrid, but his injury stats were horrendous. His unreliability meant he contributed little to Los Blancos’ Champions League success in 2015/16 and 2016/17, before being loaned out to Bayern Munich as Zinedine Zidane’s men made it three in a row.

As punishment for costing Real Madrid a ton of money, James was sold to Everton ahead of the 2019/20 campaign. Since then he has played for Olympiacos, Al Rayyan, Sao Paulo and is now back in Spain with Rayo Vallecano.

Luka Jovic
After scoring 27 goals in 48 appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt, Jovic was signed by Real Madrid for a whopping £55 million. He scored three goals in 51 matches.

Madrid signed a host of strikers to compete with Karim Benzema, and Jovic was one of many who found themselves beaten down in the Frenchman’s wake.

Benzema was difficult to unseat during the Cristiano Ronaldo era, but after the Portuguese left in 2019, it became impossible to usurp him. His game has reached a new level, that of winning the Ballon d’Or, as he has proven that he is more than Robin.

Jovic’s time in Benzema’s shadow was filled with misery. He was simply terrible after he was signed for a monstrous fee the same summer that Hazard joined him. But Madrid did He has had some successes this year, signing Rodrigo, Eder Militao and Ferland Mendy in an expensive window for Florentino Perez.

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Robinho
Robinho, like many before and after him, made his name at Santos in Brazil and was snapped up by one of the El Clasico giants. He was 21 when Madrid spent £20 million on him, which was a hell of a lot of money in 2005. He stayed in Spain for five years before becoming Manchester City’s first signing in Abu Dhabi.

It was like signing for a club instead of Manchester City, like a kid getting unlimited money in a toy store. It was a sad transfer for Robinho, who thought there was only one team in Manchester (the reds) and hoped to become a Chelsea player. He spent 18 months at the Etihad before returning to Santos. He then made an apparent move to Milan, returned to Santos, played in China, Brazil, Turkey and again at Santos before retiring in 2020 without making a single appearance in his third spell. because it’s a PR nightmare.

Like James nine years later, Robinho was given the number 10 shirt by Madrid and was widely expected to become the best player in the world. Dubbed the next Ronaldo, his time in Madrid wasn’t really What bad. He scored and provided plenty of assists, but it’s safe to say he never truly lived up to his potential.

Martin Odegaard
Odegaard is a completely different Galactico flop as he was signed as a 16-year-old. However, he joined as one of the most promising players of all time and was never able to establish himself at Real Madrid. Odegaard is now living up to the hype, but only for Arsenal.

The Norwegian spent time on loan at stronger clubs, representing Heerenveen and then Vitesse in the Netherlands, La Liga rivals Real Sociedad and finally Arsenal, before Mikel Arteta signed him permanently for 32 million pounds sterling. a deal that was a masterstroke by the Gunners.

Again, it might be a little harsh to include Odegaard in the list given that he was just a boy when Real Madrid bought him, but he was the Galaxy’s choice and didn’t even come close to being crowned.

Nicolas Anelka
Nicknamed “The Lesuk” at 20 and joining Real Madrid from Arsenal, Anelka found himself unable to hit the barn door during his early months at the Santiago Bernabeu. His first goal for the club came at the Club World Cup, and he only scored twice in La Liga, scoring his first against Barcelona. Meanwhile, his only Champions League goals came in both semi-final matches against Bayern Munich. His scoring rate was terrible, but when he did score, it was usually in a big game.

Anelka at least won the European Cup in his first year, but his signing was extremely disappointing. He was in Madrid for a year before he had more clubs than Tiger Woods.