Real Madrid's history is full of stars, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Zidane, Casillas and other top stars who have left a brilliant mark here, and some stars who are full of talent, but due to the team's tactics, injuries, personality and other reasons, they left in a hurry after playing in Real Madrid for less than one season, leaving endless regrets.
Huntelaar
Known as Ruud van Nistelrooy II, Huntelaar has been the star of the Dutch striker in the post-van Nistelrooy era. Huntelaar joined Real Madrid in January 2009 in the midst of a humiliating Champions League season. Huntelaar has made a total of 20 appearances for Real Madrid, scoring 8 goals, and his performance is unsatisfactory.
At that time, Real Madrid was humiliated 4:0 by Liverpool in the Champions League, and Florentino returned to Real Madrid half a season later, starting the golden yuan football policy, and top stars such as Kaka and Ronaldo have become the top names of Real Madrid. Huntelaar, who has relatively average ability, only played for Real Madrid for half a season, and was sold to AC Milan.
Anelka
Anelka joined Real Madrid from Arsenal in the summer of 1999 for a fee of 35 million euros, and Real Madrid had high expectations for him. However, he was unsuccessful at Real Madrid, having been suspended for 45 days for refusing to train, and was seen as a source of instability within the squad.
Although he regained some form late in the season and scored a crucial goal against Bayern Munich to help them reach the final and eventually win their eighth Champions League trophy with Real Madrid, Anelka scored just seven goals in 33 games and sent him to Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season.
When looking back on his time at Real Madrid, Anelka bluntly said that the Bernabeu experience was a nightmare, admitting that there were some bad things that he should not have done at that time, which made it difficult for him to move forward at Real Madrid and had to choose to leave.
Cassano
In January 2006, Cassano, considered one of the best players in Italy at the time, joined Real Madrid. Cassano had a complete falling out with the Red Wolves before joining Real Madrid, and was eventually sold to Real Madrid for 5 million euros. Real Madrid originally thought they had acquired a treasure, but Cassano had a lazy attitude, often clubbed and played, and even openly urinated in the waterless swimming pool, emphasizing that Capello, a famous coach who ruled the army with an iron fist, was mad.
And Cassano has repeatedly publicly confronted Capello, and as a result, after scoring only 1 goal in 7 La Liga games, Cassano was completely banned. Although Real Madrid completed an epic comeback to win the 2006-2007 La Liga season, Cassano almost did not achieve anything, and was loaned to Sampdoria at the end of the season, and Real Madrid's career ended in a hurry.
irving
Michael Owen reached the pinnacle of his career at Liverpool, scoring 158 goals and providing 49 assists in 297 appearances during his time at Liverpool, and in 2001 he helped Liverpool complete five crowns (League Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, FA Cup, Community Shield) and won the Ballon d'Or that year. In 2004, at the age of 25, Owen joined the long-awaited Real Madrid under tremendous pressure, and the former Red Army legend No. 10 turned into the Bernabeu's No. 11.
But at that time, Real Madrid was full of stars, although Owen was good enough, but he was not the absolute main force of the team's forward line, many times he could only watch Ronaldo and Raul play on the bench, plus Real Madrid introduced Baptista, Owen was once reduced to the team's fourth striker, and after scoring 16 goals that season, he had to leave hastily. In the transfer to Newcastle United, despite joining forces with Alan Shearer, frequent injuries made it difficult for him to return to the peak form of his Liverpool days.
Hernandez
Little Pea Hernandez has played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen and many other giants in his career. He joined United for €7.5 million in 2010 and became the first Mexican player in the club's history, contributing 20 goals and three assists in 45 appearances for the Reds in all competitions that season, and was the only player in the squad to score on all five fronts of the Premier League, FA Cup, Community Shield, League Cup and Champions League.
With the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in the summer of 2013, Manchester United entered a turbulent period of rebuilding and the Mexican was completely abandoned by Louis van Gaal. In the 2014-2015 season, Hernandez joined Real Madrid on loan, and although he was not a main player in Real Madrid, he played a good role on the bench, with 9 goals and 9 assists in 33 appearances for the Galaxy.
In the Champions League 1/4 knockout match with Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid defeated the rivals in the same city with the stunner of Little Pea, which was also the highlight of Hernandez's Real Madrid career. However, he did not succeed in staying, and instead spent only one season at Real Madrid before moving to Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen for 12 million euros.