Tchouameni next: The 9 players Real Madrid have signed from Ligue 1

Real Madrid are set to sign Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni for a whopping €100million – and they have a pretty good record with signings from the French top flight. 

Tchouameni, who is regarded as one of the best young talents in Europe, was also linked with Liverpool and Manchester United but Madrid will pay an initial €80million for his services with €20million to follow in potential add-ons.

We’ve taken a look at the nine previous players Madrid have signed from Ligue 1 to see how they have fared.

Camavinga became Rennes’ youngest ever player when he made his debut at the age of 16 in 2019 and was snapped up by Madrid in a £34.4million deal two years later.

The 19-year-old was eased into life at Madrid in 2021-22 and is yet to break up the iconic midfield trio of Casemiro, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos.

But he has shown glimpses of his talent, coming off the bench to produce brilliant performances against Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City in the Champions League. 

“Camavinga is the present and the future of this club. This is quite clear for him and for us,” Carlo Ancelotti said in March 2022.

“The day that Modric, Casemiro and Kroos are older, we will have Camavinga, [Federico] Valverde, the youngsters who are in the Castilla, like Antonio Blanco.”

Eduardo Camavinga scores just over five minutes into his Real Madrid career!

Talk about a dream debut! pic.twitter.com/Ifq8THN3F4

— Premier Sports (@PremierSportsTV) September 12, 2021

Areola came through the academy at Paris Saint-Germain and made over 100 appearances for the club but failed to cement himself as their first-choice goalkeeper.

After the Ligue 1 side signed Keylor Navas in 2019, he joined Madrid on a season-long loan deal and was used as back-up