High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Galácticos (or galactics) is a Spanish term used to describe expensive, world-famous Real Madrid football players. This term came into use to describe the policy pursued in the first tenure of Florentino Pérez's presidency at Real Madrid, where he purchased at least one galáctico in the summer of every year. The plural galácticos has been used to describe both the transfer policy, the Madrid side during Pérez's presidency, and the players bought under it.