The injury curse of Real Madrid's Galacticos (2009-21) : A THREAD.

1. Ricardo Kàka.
Kàka came to Real Madrid in June 2009 for 67 million in an eventful transfer window following his successful stay in AC Milan.

His injury list :
2009-10 : 28 days, 6 games
2010-11 : 147 days, 25 games

After this, he fell out of plans and returned to Milan.

2. James Rodriguez.
James came into Real Madrid as the third most expensive transfer in Real Madrid history for €63 million in June 2014.

His injury list since then :
2014-15 : 63 days, 11 games
2015-16 : 53 days, 11 games
2016-17 : 52 days, 9 games
2019-20 : 76 days, 14 games

Not to forget he went on loan to Bayern for 2 years, hence the gap.

3. Gareth Bale.
In September 2013, Real Madrid signed Gareth Bale for €101 million, highest in club history then.

His injury list since:
2013-15 : 24 days, 4 games (not much)
2015-16 : 73 d, 15 g
2016-17 : 98 d, 21 g
2017-18 : 68 d, 14 g
2018-19 : 49 d, 9 g
2019-20 : 83 d, 18 g

3. Eden Hazard
Hazard signed for Los Blancos for an initial €100 million in 2019 and is the latest addition to the injury spree.
His injury list:
2019-20 : 176 days , 24 games
2020-21 : 107 days, 19 games

Bonus : Cristiano Ronaldo.

The costliest player in the world then, Ronaldo was, thankfully, one of the Galactico who was spared by this spell but incidentally, his tendonitis condition, which developed during the last phases of 2013-14 had multiple effects. (1/2)

1. His playstyle underwent a severe change and though he managed to cope up, his flair and attributes like dribbling, freekick conversion came down.

2. He was forced to be rested many games and thereby potentially could have got even more accolades to him.

There are no complaints as he completed what could arguably be one of the best stint by a Real Madrid player but the spell caught on.

It is also noticeable how the costliest buy in each window or the higher bracket buys are affected the most. No luck.

Possible reasons :
1. Rumoured wierd and complex training routine of Real.

2. Fixture congestion due to advancing in many competitions.

3. There are allegations about the incompetency of medical support team Sanitas but it's not for sure.

If not for any of the above, it's simple misfortune, a strange case of coincidence. Injuries affected while at national duty has also played a part of this.

I do not intend to downplay any player or put up excuse in this thread but just to point out the unfortunate occurrence of incessant injuries happening to Real Madrid's key players. So, Peace.

End of thread.