La Fabrica is perhaps the best training center in the world. It is in any case the most effective and efficient, since the merengue academy is the one that provides the most players to the clubs of the 5 major European championships. It must be said that in Madrid, places are expensive, and that many players are therefore forced to look for a future elsewhere. This was the case of players like Alvaro Morata or Marcos Llorente, important players at Atlético, or Pablo Sarabia for example, well known in France. Some, like Fran Pérez or Brahim Diaz, have the opportunity to return if they perform well away from the Bernabéu.
In addition to being able to strengthen the first team, it is also a way of generating more than interesting income for the leaders of Real Madrid. This summer again, the Madrid staff has collected some nice checks by selling its players. As the daily reveals AS, the club from the Spanish capital received 16 million euros this summer. An amount which may seem quite low given the prices on the market, but which is significant when you know that these are players who have never played above the third division.
Sacred sums
This summer, Sergio Arribas signed for Almeria, Carlos Dotor left for Celta de Vigo and Antonio Blanco was sold to Alavés. And the transfer window is not over, since other players could follow. In recent years, there have been some fairly impressive sales, such as those of Achraf Hakimi (€40m) and Sergio Reguilon (€30m), or even Jesé Rodriguez a few years ago (€25m). In total, over the past 15 years, Real Madrid has recovered 395 million euros by selling players from its training center.
A huge amount that, for example, somehow reimburses several galactic transfers made by the people of Madrid over the years. Above all, Real Madrid have always managed to retain, in some way, rights over players such as resale percentages or buyout options and continue to benefit from their talent even once they have left. Figures which therefore partly explain the good financial health of Real Madrid…
