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Real Madrid Summer 2013 Transfer Window Recap

It has been a very busy transfer window for Real Madrid. We recap it for you in this piece.

Gonzalo Arroyo Moreno

This was a very intense transfer window for Real Madrid. Since the season officially ended on June, the club made a lot of changes to the roster. It's up to you to decide whether the team has a better roster now. We also give you the reported fees for those moves.

Out of Real Madrid

Player/Coach

Where To

Reported Fee (TransferMarkt)

José Mourinho

Chelsea FC

-

Michael Essien

Chelsea FC

-

Ricardo Carvalho

AS Monaco

-

José Callejón

SSC Napoli

9.5M€

Raúl Albiol

SSC Napoli

12M€

Gonzalo Higuaín

SSC Napoli

37M€

Antonio Adán

¿?

-

Denis Cheryshev

Sevilla FC (loan)

-

Kaka'

AC Milan

-

Mesut Özil

Arsenal FC

50M€

108.5M€

Signed by Real Madrid

Player/Coach

From

Transfer Fee

Carlo Ancelotti

PSG

-

Casemiro

Sao Paulo

6M€

Dani Carvajal

Bayer Leverkusen

6.5M€

Isco Alarcón

Málaga

30M€

Asier Illarramendi

Real Sociedad

32M€

Jesé Rodríguez

Castilla

Promoted

Álvaro Morata

Castilla

Promoted

Nacho Fernández

Castilla

Promoted

Gareth Bale

Tottenham Hotspurs

91M€

165.5M€

Final Recap

Even though Real Madrid spent a huge amount of money with those 165.5M€, the club took it to another level with the most expensive sales in the history of Real Madrid. Gonzalo Higuaín almost broke Robinho's 43M€ record and then Mesut Özil finally became Real Madrid's biggest sale in the history of the club and Barclays Premier League's second most expensive transfer. The 21.5M€ Napoli paid for Albiol and Callejón are two successful moves for Real Madrid as well, since the team thought they had a replacement in Nacho and Jesé. Whether these changes are successful or not remains to be seen.

But what do you think? Is Real Madrid's roster better now after this summer?

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