In the summer preceding the 2009/10 campaign, Real Madrid boosted their squad with two big-name signings: Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo, with both deals dominating headlines and expectations for the season ahead. But they also signed four Spanish players: Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa from Liverpool, Raul Albiol from Valencia and Esteban Granero from Getafe.
It gave Los Blancos a strong, solid bulk of the side which were nationals, but since then the number of home-based signings has deteriorated dramatically. In fact there have been just a further 10 since then, in 15 transfer windows.
Here we take a look at each, grade their success in Madrid and rank them accordingly.