Florentino Perez can sell as well as buy, having brought in 551m euros since 2009 Transfer Market - Real Madrid Ronaldo's is simply the latest major sale

If there is something that Florentino Perez is known for, then it is his way of signing superstar players.

However, the way that some of the club's stars have left the team has also been notable.

During his first tenure at the helm at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, he was able to sign the likes of Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham and Ronaldo, building the team which became known as the Galacticos.

But during that first stage after becoming president in 2000, he also decided to sell Fernando Redondo to AC Milan for 17.5 million euros.

It was a move which went against the opinion of both the fans and the coach Vicente Del Bosque.

On top of that sale, Nicolas Anelka and Clarence Seedorf left for 34.5m euros and 24.5m euros, joining Paris Saint-Germain and Inter respectively.

Before leaving office, he also sold Walter Samuel for 18m euros to Inter and Michael Owen to Newcastle United in the summer of 2006 for 25m euros.

Three years later, in 2009, he regained the presidency and signed Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese star was signed as the world's most expensive player, but his sale has actually brought more money into Los Blancos' coffers.

During his second term as president, there have been many players who arrived in the Spanish capital to great fanfare, before leaving the club in deals worth many millions.

The best sale of Perez's tenure, after Ronaldo, was bringing in 80m euros from Chelsea for Alvaro Morata.

After the Spanish international, Angel Di Maria and Mesut Ozil have been the other two men who have brought the most money in from exits during Perez's time in charge.

Di Maria rounds out the top three after leaving the club following the Decima success and, although many teams were interested in his services, Manchester United swooped at the last minute to secure his signature.

Ozil left for Arsenal for a fee of 45m euros after a time at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu in which more was expected of him than he delivered.

Robinho, Gonzalo Higuain, Danilo, Jese and Arjen Robben are just some of the other names who have brought Real Madrid significant income from their sales.

That means that in the 15 years Perez has been in charge at Real, he has brought in 676m euros from sales.

If we add the figure he spent on acquisitions, 1.434 billion euros, then it is determined that 758m euros more has been spent on arrivals than exits.