Gareth Bale

[CityFan94]

Saw on the Daily Mail that Bale has a £75 million buy-out clause.

I'd take him for that. Not convinced about the article though as the buy-out clause seems a bit low, they usually have them stupidly high in Spain for the top players.

 

[BlueRockape]

Saw on the Daily Mail that Bale has a £75 million buy-out clause.

I'd take him for that. Not convinced about the article though as the buy-out clause seems a bit low, they usually have them stupidly high in Spain for the top players.

Some quote as high as 90 mill today ............at that price no thanks

 

[Bruun]

Saw on the Daily Mail that Bale has a £75 million buy-out clause.

I'd take him for that. Not convinced about the article though as the buy-out clause seems a bit low, they usually have them stupidly high in Spain for the top players.

75m £ clause wouldn't make any sense at all.

 

[TheBlueDune]

Saw on the Daily Mail that Bale has a £75 million buy-out clause.

I'd take him for that. Not convinced about the article though as the buy-out clause seems a bit low, they usually have them stupidly high in Spain for the top players.

It will be in euros in his contract, probably 100 million.
Exchange rate plummeted since they signed him so would look less expensive now in pounds.
Allegedly RM paid about 90M euro and was about 77M pounds at the time.

Levy is smart cookie and probably had a clause allowing spurs to buy him back for what RM paid. That's where the 75M might be coming from.

Sign him for 60-75M on 5 year deal and make performance a big factor in his pay could mean a good deal.

 

[supercity88]

Real Madrid don't work quite the same as other clubs. It doesn't matter if Bale wants to stay and fight for his place, he is likely to be the political weapon as depending on Real's season they may have a huge fallout which sees a lot of heads roll. It wouldn't be like our fans disliking a player and calling for him to be dropped etc - it would be a full on war against him. The media would slag him off, the fans would boo him every game. They don't care - they're a different breed of people Real fans, they want the biggest names to perform for the club but if they don't win anything and everything they soon want out with the old and in with the new. Like spoilt children I'd say.

There's a definite opportunity to sign him this summer and we should be trying to in my opinion.

 

[TCIB]

I feel pretty bad for him, i know his wage will soften the hurt but still. If a gang of people attacked my car your fucking right i would shit myself.
I think their fans are a total disgrace personally and if i were him i would leave and flip them the bird on the way out, wankers.

Oh yeah i would defo have him here, works hard, not a ****. Also just one of his hard runs towards the goal will get the crowd going and in turn the rest of the players. He is one of the few who imo can inspire through effort.

 

[Rorz88]

I feel pretty bad for him, i know his wage will soften the hurt but still. If a gang of people attacked my car your fucking right i would shit myself.
I think their fans are a total disgrace personally and if i were him i would leave and flip them the bird on the way out, wankers.

Oh yeah i would defo have him here, works hard, not a c**t. Also just one of his hard runs towards the goal will get the crowd going and in turn the rest of the players. He is one of the few who imo can inspire through effort.

Ditto, to the whole post

 

[Wio Gumflapdinand]

Bale is the one player we should be focusing on this summer, if we go and blow £50+million on Sterling who once his pace starts to go either from injury or age will be as fucking useless as Aaron Lennon, he can't take a set piece or cross or head a ball etc we'd be fucking mad. Bale is the outstanding player that could be available and that ticks every single box that we need. We let them red counts get him we'll have allowed them back in to the game

 

[FantasyIreland]

Could the arrival of Ancelotti be an influencing factor?

 

[herrock]

This is the player I really want to see come to city, pace, not a prima donna and british.

 

[supercity88]

I feel pretty bad for him, i know his wage will soften the hurt but still. If a gang of people attacked my car your fucking right i would shit myself.
I think their fans are a total disgrace personally and if i were him i would leave and flip them the bird on the way out, wankers.

Oh yeah i would defo have him here, works hard, not a c**t. Also just one of his hard runs towards the goal will get the crowd going and in turn the rest of the players. He is one of the few who imo can inspire through effort.

Ditto, to the whole post

And people calling him lazy or lacking in fight or tenacity on the pitch are simply wrong - he's said he will fight to remain at the club, he's still scored goals and he's being used as a scapegoat because they will never question Ronaldo. If he is in poor form now, his stats still would be good enough for him to make a huge impact for us and he'd be an exciting player that can get us driving forward. In the CL if he is given too much space he will expose it and with the other talent we have at the club, the opposition will have a lot to think about. Nasri, Silva, Aguero isn't as much of a concern as Bale, Silva, Aguero where opposition defenders seriously have to consider which of the three they allow space to. The answer would be neither which would in turn nullify their ability to attack with as much freedom.

 

[Blue Til Death]

This is the player I really want to see come to city, pace, not a prima donna and british.

Totally agree, he is tailor made for the way we play too..!

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Remember...the Sheikh has a seperate business deal with Real

May work in our favour if we are already holding their purse strings

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I’d go all out for Bale. Very few players would guarantee a significant improvement to our first 11 line up. He has the quality and would be a much better option than playing Silva on the left who is not a wide man by any stretch. 4-2-3-1 with bale – silva – nasri/navas as the three has a good balance to it.

 

[pudge]

Still don't see him leaving Madrid this summer

 

[CityFan94]

I think Bale will leave Real Madrid this summer.

Real Madrid are a strange club. They don't work like other clubs and their idea of one marquee signing per summer is a very real thing. Madrid aren't afraid to sell top players either, they sold Robben before his incredible season in 2009/10.

It's known we were interested in Bale before he went to Madrid and I hope we go all out for him this summer. He's clearly having a hard time out there and I think there's a possibility of a deal that benefits all parties.

If Bale comes to England, it's a game changer.

 

[Ballertelli]

I think bale should be our #1 target this summer. If he leaves real for whatever reason we'd have to be one of the top 3 clubs that could afford him and would want him, and if we let another big club (like the fucking rags) then not only are we not improving our squad with a player that ticks all the boxes and would seemingly push us to the next level of European competition but we'd also let United find their next star to kill us in the bpl

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

I think he's the only player available that could come in and have the desired impact this summer.

 

[Trevor morleys tash]

This is a signing we should be all over.he would be incredible back in the Bpl.the problem with this tho imo is that he,l end up at the rags.de gea will end up at Real Madrid so they have the bargaining chip there.

 

[City_Sean]

He would immediately propel us up a level or two. He would bring pace, directness and and also a goal threat from out wide. Something we have been lacking for years.