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Bale Madrid... it's Real!
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Real Madrid have made two different offers for Wales winger Gareth Bale and are waiting to see if Tottenham Hotspur will accept either one.
The first offer is €100m (£86m) with structured payments over three to four years, which would surpass the world record fee Real paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo (£80m).
The other is an up-front, one-off payment which will be closer to £70m.
A player could also be thrown in as a makeweight in the second deal.
And if that happened it would also make that deal more valuable than the one Real paid United for Portugal winger Ronaldo in 2009.
Wales international Bale, 24, is determined to join the Spanish club, who have been in advanced talks with Spurs for several weeks.
If there is no announcement on Saturday it is unlikely there will be one until Tuesday because of the away match Real are playing on Monday night against Granada in the Spanish top flight, La Liga.
The plan remains to unveil Bale in the middle of next week, but this now depends on Spurs.
Why on earth would we take £70M rather than £86 over a couple years.
Most deals are structured and not just straight up payments so it wouldn't cause a problem when buying players.
Most deals are structured and not just straight up payments so it wouldn't cause a problem when buying players.
Because we can get a 15-20M player in the deal, and can spend that money in January or next summer.
You really think Bale should go and all we get right now is 20M?
If a player is included in the 70M it's an entirely different story, I thought it was just £70M.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Announcement; "Uhhhmmm sorry guys, they rejected our bids"
Ohhhhhhhhh written in the stars....A million miles away....A message to the main...
It's going to be like the time I said we'd lose 4-1 to Inter in the second leg. Promise.
Levy has picked option 3...
always got the feeling tho, that Ronaldo really really needs to feel like daddies special little boy. Not having the world record fee may well put his nose out of joint, especially as most of his headlines in his time in spain have been overshowed by Messi's acxhievements
Im not suggesting Ozil will happen, but the sentence:
"70 million & Ozil, or no deal. You best explain to Ozil how important he is to this deal, Mr Perez. I'm happy to keep Gareth and sell him to Barca for less in a years time" could have an effect.
COULD, cos I think Ozil would be a no go.
I like how they reporting it as Real Madrid are giving us two options....like we have to accept one.
Also, anyone actually believe Bale is injured? I dont for one second. Should be picked like we did Modric.
Also, anyone actually believe Bale is injured? I dont for one second. Should be picked like we did Modric.
