David Beckham (Manchester United to Real Madrid)
Perhaps the first player of the Premier League era to make a particularly significant move from the Premier League to La Liga was David Beckham, who moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid for a fee of £24.5m in 2003.
Beckham had fallen out with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in the wake of the infamous boot-kicking incident in the dressing room, but was one of the world’s biggest footballing stars when he arrived in the Spanish capital as one of the original Galacticos.
He was a success at Real Madrid, earning the love and respect of the club’s supporters before moving on to the Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS.