Each team: In order to fight against Lamacia s youth training, Real Madrid spent nearly 700 million euros to buy young players in ten years

June 21 According to the Daily Sports Daily, in order to fight Barcelona's Lamacia youth training, Real Madrid's spending on purchasing young players soared to 689.6 million euros in the past decade.

Few clubs in the world can compare with Barcelona's youth training, and La Macia continues to deliver fresh blood to the first team.

Not all teams have such abundant youth training output as Barcelona, ​​and they lack their tradition of patience in cultivating talents. Take Real Madrid as an example. Although its youth training system is well-known in Europe, few people can gain a foothold in the first team, and most of them have become "blood-making" resources for teams across Europe.

Real Madrid management tends to use funds to sign young talents, while mature players tend to wait for the contract to expire and exempt them from signing.

From 2000 to 2015, Real Madrid signed a total of 18 players aged 21 and under, spending a total of 251.3 million euros, with an average of 13.9 million euros per person↓

Successful cases include Isco (21/30 million), Benzema (21/35 million), Ramos (19/27 million) and Marcelo (18/6.5 million); there are also failed investments such as Lucas Silva (21/13 million), Gare (21/10 million), Drente (20/14 million), Robinho (21/24 million).

In the past decade, Real Madrid has signed a total of 21 U21 players, spending 689.6 million euros, and the average price has soared to 32.3 million euros↓

Vinicius (18 years old/45 million), Militon (21 years old/50 million) and Valverde (18 years old/5 million) have been very successful; players such as Jovic (21 years old/63 million), Rainier (18 years old/30 million) have been disappointing.

Barcelona spent 222.25 million euros to sign 12 U21 players, with an average price of 18.5 million euros; in the past ten years, it spent 410.4 million euros to sign 18 young players. If Dembele (20 years old/135 million yuan), the transfer fee is only 275.4 million euros, with an average price of 16.2 million euros.

This investment gap of nearly 300 million euros stems from the different concepts of the two clubs. Relying on the Lamacia youth training system, Barcelona is more willing to invest in mature players to assist youth training elites. The perfect chemical reaction of the current first-team "old leads new" and the immeasurable cost savings of youth training are the best proof.