Gareth Bale

[NipHolmes]

Re: Bale Rumours ...

Chap at work - big Spuds fan - keeps bandying around figures like £65 - 75m. I keep telling him two things:-

1. Bale won't be sold to a Premier League rival; and
2. he'll go to either RM or Barca for no more than £40m tops.

You heard it here first.

I think both Spansih teams are in no position to buy unless they sell players off. Real have an agreement with Spurs and I expect Real to get Bale but only if they send a player + cash the opposite way.

City could pay cash upfront for Bale and pay right away, no-one else except Chelsea can do that and we and Spurs don't have any troubles really. United and Chelsea on the other hand have both tapped up Spurs players (Berbatov and Modric) in the recent past so I expect Levy to have us above them both and I wouldn't be shocked if Dzeko was offered in some kind of deal.

Personally speaking I see him in white nest season but the white of Madrid.

It's only British tabloids that have been linking him to Madrid.
It looks like it's the tabloids and his management group and agents who push him towards Madrid. Why?
Can he succeed in the La Liga?
Mou will leave at the end of season. It's not clear who is going to replace him, but quite apart from very different football they play from the EPl or Bale, I can see him struggle to cope with a foreign language and culture, as well as non-English speaking manager/coaches, which would obviously affect his performances.

" Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has agreed to sign a three-year contract with BT Sports where the Welshman will take up ambassadorial role and feature as a guest pundit for the new BT Sport channels.........He will be actively involved in promotional activities of BT Sport in UK as well as its live coverage of 38 Premier League games a season from August 2013."

If he moves out of Spurs at the end of the season, it would be better to be one of the big EPL clubs.

Because Levy is pushing the agenda imo. Bale is a 40m+ player now because that's what top players go for. Levy wants to make sure he juices this deal for whatever he can and Real Madrid are big spenders in the past so it's obvious they will try to push this angle to inflate price and cause a bid war meaning price goes through the roof.

IMO he will go for £40-45m or thereabout or 50m euro. No way will he go for more than that and if he did I staggered, truly staggered.

Levy will use money to fund another overhaul and add the tV cash too. Say they get £45m for Bale and an extra £20m from TV then that's £65m + whatever they had in coffers (have in mind they bid £15m for Damaio in Jan) so that's £80m to spend, that's enough to get 3-4 top quality players. I'd say Moutinho, Damaio/Dzeko/Benteke, Bale replacement could all be bought on the back of that deal.

If I was Bale I'd want Madrid due to them being the biggest club out there, it's also dependant on Ronaldo, if he's still there I'd stay in our league.

 

[Bellamyend]

If he goes for £40m spuds really are mugs

he is the best player in the world for his age (bar Messi) I would happily see him here for £65m

we all have different onions I guess ;)

 

[NipHolmes]

If he goes for £40m spuds really are mugs

he is the best player in the world for his age (bar Messi) I would happily see him here for £65m

we all have different onions I guess ;)

We paid £35m for Aguero.
Barca paid £35m for Fabregas.

On that basis + english tax I see no reason for him to cost more than £40-45m.

 

[Syth]

If he goes for £40m spuds really are mugs

he is the best player in the world for his age (bar Messi) I would happily see him here for £65m

we all have different onions I guess ;)

I don't really like onions though!

Anyway £65m for one player is way too much. He is a very good player no doubt, but not a £65m one!

 

[Laertes]

If he goes for £40m spuds really are mugs

he is the best player in the world for his age (bar Messi) I would happily see him here for £65m

we all have different onions I guess ;)

We paid £35m for Aguero.
Barca paid £35m for Fabregas.

On that basis + english tax I see no reason for him to cost more than £40-45m.

You've forgotten about the Levy tax, that adds on a bit as well.

 

[BringBackSwales]

If he goes for £40m spuds really are mugs

he is the best player in the world for his age (bar Messi) I would happily see him here for £65m

we all have different onions I guess ;)

We paid £35m for Aguero.
Barca paid £35m for Fabregas.

On that basis + english tax I see no reason for him to cost more than £40-45m.

You've forgotten about the Levy tax, that adds on a bit as well.

seem to think he ended up getting less for Modric than had he sold to Chelsea a year earlier?

 

[Joehannes]

We paid £35m for Aguero.
Barca paid £35m for Fabregas.

On that basis + english tax I see no reason for him to cost more than £40-45m.

You've forgotten about the Levy tax, that adds on a bit as well.

seem to think he ended up getting less for Modric than had he sold to Chelsea a year earlier?

Was that bid ever confirmed? I just thought it was 'Arry being 'Arry.

 

[Laertes]

We paid £35m for Aguero.
Barca paid £35m for Fabregas.

On that basis + english tax I see no reason for him to cost more than £40-45m.

You've forgotten about the Levy tax, that adds on a bit as well.

seem to think he ended up getting less for Modric than had he sold to Chelsea a year earlier?

Yeah but Modric went to a Spanish club not an English club, so the English tax didn't apply.

 

[NipHolmes]

You've forgotten about the Levy tax, that adds on a bit as well.

seem to think he ended up getting less for Modric than had he sold to Chelsea a year earlier?

Yeah but Modric went to a Spanish club not an English club, so the English tax didn't apply.

Levy would be biting his nose to spite his face if he took less money from Real (who'd also pay in installments) than take what we would offer. The money will be used to rebuild and every pound is needed because Levy runs a tight ship.

Levy lost big on holding Modric. I don't think he'll do that again.

 

[Danamy]

seem to think he ended up getting less for Modric than had he sold to Chelsea a year earlier?

Yeah but Modric went to a Spanish club not an English club, so the English tax didn't apply.

Levy would be biting his nose to spite his face if he took less money from Real (who'd also pay in installments) than take what we would offer. The money will be used to rebuild and every pound is needed because Levy runs a tight ship.

Levy lost big on holding Modric. I don't think he'll do that again.

Levy wouldn't sell to Chelsea and waited for Madrid, hence the reason Modric spat his dummy out.

I fear the same thing's happening again, Levy knows Bale wont be going to another Prem club but will use anyone to get the best price out of Real.