Real Madrid have been heavily tipped to sign Chelsea superstar Eden Hazard this summer. But with Chelsea reportedly unwilling to sell for less than €200m and increasing speculation from Spain that Real refuse to pay that kind of money, any deal seems increasingly unlikely.
Previously famed for a Galacticos transfer policy under the presidency of Florentino Perez that has seen world records broken to sign Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale over the years, Real have not completed a major transfer of that kind since 2014.
The €80m spent on Colombian hero James Rodriguez after the 2014 World Cup is the last time that a Galacticos-type deal happened at the Bernabeu, with the club consciously opting to pursue younger talents to develop themselves in the years since.