Gareth Bale

[fah-q]

Levy wants straight cash deal i think

Probably wants to cover their outlayings. Mind you with Real's reputation for paying on the never never, you'd think he might want a player as part of it.

[Norbs]

Levy wants straight cash deal i think

Twiffic

There's only one cunt in this transfer, Madrid.

[cream]

They've already built a cage for him...

http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2013/08/23/primera/1377262219_233138.html

[Norbs]

I ****ing love that ground

[Cormack74]

Good - Madrid starting to dick Spurs around a bit. I think Spurs are still waiting for a good chunk of the Modric cash so payment plans are bound to annoy Levy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23824653

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.

Bale, who joined Spurs in a £10m deal from Southampton in 2007, was named as the player of the year by both the Professional Footballers' Association and Football Writers last season after scoring 26 goals for the White Hart Lane side.

Madrid have already spent in excess of £50m this summer, bringing in Spanish midfielders Asier Illarramendi from Real Sociedad and Malaga's Isco for £34m and £23m respectively.

[spanky]

Actually all RM need to do is wait, Bale wants to go and RM don't really need him as they have Ronaldo. Be interesting to see if Spurs have overextended themselves financially.

[Vermilion]

So, the monkey business is still going on i see.

[RichC]

I fancy Madrid are going to drag this out to the last possible minute to try and get the best possible price they can.

[Vermilion]

Nothing that club do would surprise me tbh. They are like a law unto themselves.

[RichC]

Unbelievable aren't they, I wouldn't be shocked to see a Suarez bid on the last day of the window to try and force the Bale price down as well saying they can only afford one or the other.

[Bender]

Nothing that club do would surprise me tbh. They are like a law unto themselves.

[Corndog]

Got a feeling this transfer will be a failure if it does go through (for bale i mean)

Vastly over-inflated fee. He is a quality player., no doubt about that but i don't think players produce their best if they are not settled or happy of the field, i think Ian Rush has talked about this lots before with his move to Juve and i reckon he has a point.

An entirely new language to learn and he won't be given much time to get things in order and start performing because nobody at that club ever is. If he gets homesick after a year madrid are going to look like a joke.

[shanks69]

I ****ing love that ground

best stadium i've been to,i think its well better than the nou camp.

[Gazzla]

I just don't get this from Madrids point of view, he'll be second fiddle to Ronaldo, he won't be afforded the free role Spurs have him nor will he get any of the freekick responsibilities because he isn't close to being in Ronaldos class, he'll be stuck out on the wing a position he publicly stated he didn't want to play. Bizarre

[danperkins]

The bright lights of Madrid have seduced many a player..... oh and the massive chunk of money that Bale would also get.. that could be something too

Personally i think he would frighten defenders in La Liga... and that's nothing got to go with looking like a chimpanzee either. He's a power house, very similar to Ronaldo in that respect. Ronaldo,Isco and Bale in the same team is a scary prospect for any opposition.