Aurelien Tchouameni Becomes Fourth Most Expensive Signing In Real Madrid History

Aurelien Tchouameni is now fourth on the list of the most expensive Real Madrid signings ever after joining from Monaco for a transfer fee of €80 million.

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 Madrid have signed France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni from Monaco for a reported transfer fee of €80m :: IMAGO/NurPhoto/Jose Breton

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.

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.