Real Madrid have earned over £230million in last six years by selling transfer flops to Man Utd, Chelsea and Arsenal

REAL MADRID have pocketed an incredible £230million in the last six years by selling duds to Premier League clubs.

The likes of Mateo Kovacic  Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria and Alvaro Morata have all made the switch from Spain to England in recent times.

But Prem fans regard them all as full-time flops, with Real Madrid’s accountants the only ones celebrating.

Robinho’s £38m Man City move in 2008 was the first major warning sign.

But that didn’t stop Arsenal from shelling out a whopping £42.5million on German playmaker Ozil in 2013.

His numbers in English football have since made for decent reading, with Ozil scoring 43 goals and providing 74 assists in 231 games.

And he has also won three FA Cups during his time in North London.

However, Arsenal have also missed out on a top four finish for the last three seasons.

And supporters will have to endure yet another year of Europa League football while capital rivals Chelsea and Spurs mix it with the continent’s elite in the Champions League.

Ozil was accused by fans of lacking the work rate, energy and selflessness to help his side out of sticky situations after being axed by Unai Emery on numerous occasions.

And all further Prem signings from Real have been even more ineffective.

Manchester United spent an even bigger £59.7m on Argentine winger Di Maria in 2014.

He lasted just one season at Old Trafford, scoring four times and assisting a further 12 goals in 33 appearances under Louis van Gaal before joining Paris Saint-Germain.

2017 then saw Manchester City shell out £26.5m on defender Danilo.

He has featured 60 times during two seasons under Pep Guardiola, but his contributions have paled in comparison with the likes of Kyle Walker, Fabian Delph and Oleksandr Zinchenko.

However, Real made the most money from Alvaro Morata’s £65m switch to Chelsea in the same summer.

The Spanish striker scored just 24 goals and provided only six assists in 72 matches before he was shipped off on loan to Atletico Madrid 18 months later.

 

Chelsea have since returned for Mateo Kovacic in a £40m deal, despite the midfielder contributing zero goals and just two assists in 51 games last term.

He has, however, impressed for the Blues in a new-look team under Frank Lampard.

There have also been a couple of loan deals in recent weeks, with defender Jesus Vallejo moving to Wolves and Dani Ceballos going to Arsenal.