Madrid boasts a Young Season Ticket squad: 14 players start 24-25 without being over 26 years old. Spending on transfers, €435.5 M; the current value: €1,101 M.
Madrid looks to the future and smiles. The new generation is already orchestrated . Mbappé (25 years old) is in the oven and Endrick (17) is already cooked. From the still Palmeiras striker, the youngest, to Militao (26), the ‘grandfather’, Madrid will start 2024-25 with 14 players with 26 years as a ceiling. Güler (19), Bellingham (20), Camavinga (21), Rafa Marín (21, returns after his successful loan at Alavés to be the fourth center back), Rodrygo (23), Vinicius (23), Tchouameni (24), Fran García (24), Brahim (24), Lunin (25) and Valverde (25) complete a Young Subscription backbone.
Well prepared kids. Many of them also have degrees. With display cases full of trophies despite the infancy of their careers. The last one, the 36th. With sarcasm, Vinicius placed it on the board. “The new era” dedicated to Araújo . He took advantage of his own and his teammates’ wounds: 11 from the 7th, 11 from Valverde, 10 from Militao, 10 from Rodrygo, 8 from Camavinga, 5 from Tchouameni, 4 from Brahim, 2 from Bellingham and 2 from Güler. The triumph of an honors market strategy.
A template supported by the clinical eye of Juni Calafat and her team. In a capacity for supreme conviction to compete with clubs with infinite wallets. “Madrid does not pay in money, it pays in glory.” The Valdano ruling as a leitmotif to close operations like Bellingham’s. “As soon as Madrid called me, I didn’t have to think twice.” Neither did the rest. All with plugs in response to the siren songs coming from the Premier (City knocked on Jude’s door insistently) or other places (PSG pushed for Tchouameni, Deco showed up in Istanbul to convince Güler…).
The accounts come out
A staff founded on taking care of the investment. In total, Madrid has spent 435.5 million euros on 56% of the upcoming squad. An average of €31.1 M, with Bellingham’s 103 as the ceiling and Mbappé and his zero cost (without entering into bonuses) as the floor. And all this with Alphonso Davies (23 years old) or Leny Yoro (18 years old) also on the roadmap. Whether this summer or in 2025.
| Player | Age | Transfer price (€M) | Market value (€M) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Military | 26 | fifty | 70 |
| Valverde | 25 | 5 | 100 |
| Mbappé* | 25 | 0 | 180 |
| Lunin | 25 | 8.5 | 16 |
| Brahma | 24 | fifteen | 35 |
| Fran Garcia | 24 | 3 (bought back for 5, sold for 2) | fifteen |
| Tchouameni | 24 | 80 | 90 |
| Vinicius | 23 | Four. Five | 150 |
| Rodrygo | 23 | 40 | 100 |
| Rafa Marin | twenty-one | 0 | 5 |
| Camavinga | twenty-one | 31 | 90 |
| Bellingham | twenty-one | 103 | 180 |
| Güler | 19 | twenty | fifteen |
| Endrick | 17 | 35 | 55 |
Good planning is enhanced by comparing the current market value of the 14 with respect to those 435.5 million euros disbursed. Transfermarkt draws a global valuation of 1,101 million euros. Only Haaland ‘escapes’ from the white clutches within the Top-4 : Bellingham, Erling and Mbappé lead (€180 M), ahead of Vinicius (150). With Rodrygo (100), Valverde (100), Camavinga (90) and Tchouameni (90) in the Top-20 . Madrid’s future is assured and, furthermore, the bills are working out.