Aurelien Tchouameni Becomes Fourth Most Expensive Signing In Real Madrid History

Aurelien Tchouameni has become Real Madrid's fourth most expensive signing ever.

Real announced on Saturday that the 22-year-old midfielder is joining from AS Monaco on a six-year contract.

According to Marca, Real will pay Monaco a transfer fee of €80 million for Tchouameni.

Real have only paid more than €80m to buy a player three times in their 120-year history.

Based on the transfer fees reported by Marca, Gareth Bale remains Real's all-time record signing, having arrived for €101m from Tottenham in 2013.

Real paid Chelsea €100m for Eden Hazard in 2019, a decade after splashing out €96m to take Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.

A list of Real Madrid's most expensive signings ever based on transfer fees reported by Marca
Player	Fee	From	Year
1. Gareth Bale	€101m	Tottenham	2013
2. Eden Hazard	€100m	Chelsea	2019
3. Cristiano Ronaldo	€96m	Man United	2009
4. Aurelien Tchouameni	€80m	Monaco	2022
5. James Rodriguez	€75m	Monaco	2014
6. Zinedine Zidane	€73.5m	Juventus	2001
7. Kaka	€65m	AC Milan	2009
=8. Luis Figo	€60m	Barcelona	2000
=8. Luka Jovic	€60m	Frankfurt	2019
10. Eder Militao	€50m	Porto	2019

Monaco could eventually earn as much as €100m from the sale of Tchouameni, depending on various performance-related add-ons.

Tchouameni made 35 Ligue 1 appearances for Monaco last season and made more interceptions (101) than any other player in France's top division.

He also made 86 tackles - the fourth-highest total in Ligue 1 last season.