Quiz! Can you name the 50 most expensive players signed by Barcelona and Real Madrid?

Pedri of FC Barcelona, Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Madrid v FC Barcelona at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on October 26, 2025 in Madrid Spain
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Barcelona and Real Madrid are two of the world's biggest football clubs by any measure you could dream up. Los Blancos are more associated with the idea of 'Galacticos' but Barca have had a few global megastars of their own, and neither is backwards about coming forwards in the transfer market. FourFourTwo has the challenge for you if you know your big money moves.

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This is one for the real experts. We want you to name the 50 most expensive players signed by either Barcelona or Real Madrid at any point in football history. Don't worry; we don't need them in order.

So that's 50 players in all, and a punchy time limit of 15 minutes to name them. There are some huge names on the list but also a few who never quite made the grade. You'll need a grasp of both to hit the high notes.

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Chris is a Warwickshire-based freelance football writer specialising in West Midlands football, the Premier League, the EFL and the J.League. He is the author of the High Protein Beef Paste football newsletter and owner of Aston Villa Review. He supports Coventry Sphinx.

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