That guy probably because at that time, his contract like about
to finish or finish so they took him for very little lor...
Real madrid that time got a habit of taking players on the cheap
like those contract about to finish or finished ones then sell
them back more expensive after the player have signed a longer
contract with them...
They signed that Saviola for free after his Barcelona
contract expired, on a three-year deal then after keeping him
in their storeroom for one year, they were ready
to sell him... I recalled there was some story about Wenger
asking and was interested on him then they quoted something like
$15m... Frighten Wenger until he run until dunno where... lol
Michael Owen also mah... His contract left about 6 months and
they took him for only about $8m then sold him back for $18m
to Newcastle after 1 year...
Then there was also Pennant... knowing his contract at Pool was
soon to be over, they also wanted him for free. I guess they know
they could easily sell him after 1 year for anything from $6 to
$10m when he is only 26 and English. But lucky he wasn't that silly
lah... He rather signed for another club as a free player and get a
huge salary increment for himself rather than let the Real
earn the transfer fee.
But of course not all are so smart lah... Rafael Van Der Vaart
was another one... His contract also about to finish with less than
6 months with Hamburg then Real bought him on the cheap... Now
want to sell him for more...
Real are using this method to earn extra money...