Midfield rebuild! Real Madrid signed 3 new stars for 220 million in 3 years Barça smashed 100 million and won 2 titles without signatures

Barca officially announced Manchester City captain Gundogan to join without a visa, Real Madrid brought in Dort's rising star Bellingham and renewed Modric, and the La Liga duo are carrying out their own midfield rebuilds, but the strategy is different.

Barça began visa-free after smashing 100 million

Barca's midfield duo in their heyday was "Habbai", but Xavi and Andres Iniesta have long since left, with only the relatively younger Sergio Sergio Busquets leaving Camp Nou until this summer.

Since 2019, Barca has been working on the succession of the three major midfielders, bringing in Dutch international Frankie De Jong for 86 million euros in the summer of the same year, and signing young player Pedri from Las Palmas for 17.5 million euros, spending 103.5 million at once!

However, last summer, Barca, who were suffering from financial crisis, changed their strategy and got Serie A champions AC Milan's main midfielder, Kessie. The same is true this summer, and it has been very rewarding, with Manchester City's treble winner Gundogan joining freely!

In this way, after Busquets left, Xavi still has a very strong midfield lineup, and intends to bring in Inter's main midfielder Brozovic.

With the old with the new, Real Madrid threw 220 million

Real Madrid's midfield trio dominate the Champions League, with only Casemiro joining United last summer, while Toni Kroos and Modric have renewed their contracts, and the two veterans have played their spare time to bring the youngsters on another ride.

From 2020, the renewal of Real Madrid is also in an orderly manner, and it is signed once a year. Camavinga was brought in for 31 million euros in 2021, Joan Armeni was purchased for 80 million in 2022, and Bellingham was bought for 103 million this summer.

Coupled with Valverde and Ceballos, as well as Dias on loan from AC Milan, Real Madrid's midfield is a perfect combination of old and new, which is the pinnacle!