9 Players Real Madrid Probably Regret Selling

2. Arjen Robben

Arjen Robben is in the form of his life. Ever since moving to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2009, he has enjoyed a new lease of life, thriving in his new surroundings. With Louis van Gaal building a plucky up-and-coming Bavarian side around the talents of himself and Franck Ribery, Jupp Heynckes would take the side to the next level, masterminding the historic treble in 2013, with the Dutchman scoring a last-minute winner in the final, atoning for his previous year's penalty miss against Chelsea. His statistics are literally quite frightening. For a winger to have scored 90 goals in 167 outings for the Germans, is quite frankly an insane total, and only bettered by the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Armed with an arsenal of blistering pace, low centre of gravity and a sumptuous left foot only matched by Gareth Bale, Arjen Robben is a nightmare for defenders worldwide, as proven by his sizzling displays in the recent World Cup. Quite what Real Madrid were thinking in dispersing with his talents five years ago is anybody's guess. It has since emerged that the Dutchman was 'forced' to leave the club, having stressed the 'he didn't want to go, but the club wanted to sell him'. He had established himself as something of a fan favourite at the Bernabeu during his brief two year-spell, but following the election of Florentino Perez in the summer of 2009, the 'new era' was underway at the club, meaning that the likes of Robben and compatriot Wesley Sneijder were to be sacrificed for the likes of Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso and of course, the £80 million man from Manchester While Real Madrid boast possibly the most sumptuous attacking trio in world football - rivalled only by Barcelona - one can't help but feel that they could have saved a lot of money on splurging £85 million on Gareth Bale last summer, if they had just kept a certain Dutchman who ripped the entire Spanish backline to shreds in June.