listed in order of appearances

casillas-------------------YOUTH
sergio ramos------------28M
higuain-------------------13M
marcelo------------------6.5M
gago----------------------20M
pepe----------------------30M
alonso--------------------30M
lass-----------------------20M
ronaldo-------------------94M
arbeloa-------------------4.5M
benzema-----------------35M
albiol---------------------15M
granero-------------------4.5M
drenthe-------------------13M
kaka----------------------65M
ozil------------------------15M
dimaria-------------------25M
carvalho------------------8M
khedira-------------------12M
canales-------------------4.5M
leon-----------------------10M
adan----------------------YOUTH
coentrao------------------30M
sahin----------------------10M
altintop-------------------FREE
varane--------------------10M
callejon--------------------5M

okay obviously iker wins this hands down but take him out of the equation. can you rank the players by their value in terms of what we paid for them? Who has been the best value for their money?

and take the wages out of the equation..

purely transfer fee

ill start it off i guess

best value:
marcelo 6.5M
ozil 15M
higuain 13M

worst value:
gago 20M
kaka 65M
lass 20M

its down to opinion, but no one has been ever more worth than casillas.

and you know how much he was worth...

Arbeloa is certainly a steal.

well thats what i was wondering, people's opinion.

i also assumed everyone would pick iker as most valuable which is why i excluded him.

kaka,benz and coentrao were steals


i still cringe at the fact Gaga cost 20M

Best bargains were
1. Higuain
2. Ozil
3. Sahin

Worst bargains:
1. Kaka
2. gogo
3. albiol

Carvalho for 8 mill is a killer.

Should we also consider the value we get from the player outside the pitch?
All right, excluding Casilas, excluding our buy this season since I think I need at least to see them perform 1 season before judging & ignoring the value we get outside the pitch...........

Hmmm.. it's hard to make a rank, you need to actually put the money value you think the player is worth and then compare it to the money you paid for the transfer fee, and should we also consider the inflation effect? I mean 28M we paid for Ramos back then /= 28M we paid last year for example

Players that probably I put on the top in this list are (in no particular order):
higuain-------------------13M
marcelo------------------6.5M
ozil------------------------15M
followed by:
carvalho------------------8M
arbeloa-------------------4.5M
khedira-------------------12M

carvalho & arbeola are a steal for sure, but I also consider age as a factor

Somewhat more expensive players like Alonso and Pepe are bargains too.
Especially Alonso, I would say. They are the cruxes of our team, and especially Alonso should have gone for more.

Drenthe I'd rank with the terrible buys. Pretty expensive too (outside Madrid context).

86 goals in 89 games: Cristiano Ronaldo would have been a steal at 194 mil

Gonzalo Higuain
signed by a man who is considered a "donkey" in a certain country

great post... +1

where do you get these bud?

research it all by yourself?

[quote="deezydeez"]listed in order of appearances

casillas-------------------YOUTH YES
sergio ramos------------28M YES
higuain-------------------13M YES
marcelo------------------6.5M YES
gago----------------------20M HAHAHA...NO
pepe----------------------30M MAYBE, YES AND NO
alonso--------------------30M HELL YES
lass-----------------------20M NO
ronaldo-------------------94M YES
arbeloa-------------------4.5M YES
benzema-----------------35M NO, ON HIS WAY THOUGH
albiol---------------------15M YES (DECENT SQUAD PLAYER)
granero-------------------4.5M YES
drenthe-------------------13M NO
kaka----------------------65M NO
ozil------------------------15M YES BEST SIGNING IN EUROPE, DOUBLED HIS VALUE
dimaria-------------------25M YES
carvalho------------------8M YES
khedira-------------------12M YES
canales-------------------4.5M NO, BUT I HOPE
leon-----------------------10M NO
adan----------------------YOUTH YES
coentrao------------------30M TOO EARLY TO TELL
sahin----------------------10M TOO EARLY TO TELL
altintop-------------------FREE YES GOOD ADDITION BRINGS COVER
varane--------------------10M TOO EARLY TO TELL
callejon--------------------5M TOO EARLY TO TELL

Judging by last season carvahlo was the best value for money.
In the long run it will be Ozil

Ozil is the obvious bargain, Sahin could follow. Ramos is also a great deal, 28 mil back in the galacticos era for a defender like that to dedicate his whole carreer to Madrid, and he is only 24. Ronaldo goes without saying, same with Casillas. Alonso maybe?

shaven wrote:great post... +1

where do you get these bud?

research it all by yourself?

thanks man.

i actually just stumbled on it when i was glancing real madrid's wiki page if you go to 2011-2012 squad page.

but all the information there is taken from http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk

its just nice to see all the information on the wiki page because you can sort by appearances, join date, goals etc.