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Show me any evidence whatsoever that we currently would be able to pay Bale the wages he would demand. Show me anything at all. I honestly feel kinda crappy now saying this as I feel like I'm hurting your feelings or something and believe me I don't want to do that but mate we simply cannot afford to pay him what he would want and even if we could can you imagine the impact it would have on our other players re: wage expectations. We have to be realistic here.
Haha, it's ok dude, you're not hurting my feelings, I just feel quite passionately about it I guess. As I mentioned, in many ways it's not even about wanting Gareth Bale back specifically. Obviously we'd all love it to happen, I guess I've just used it to make a wider point.
I also can't show you any evidence that we can pay his wages but what I read recently is that often a club can pay a basic wage and then add in bonuses to bring it up to a higher level. Equally though, I really don't think any of our players would grumble if Bale came in and became top earner. Eventually we will need to raise our wage budget. The understanding today is that the top is 100k per week. At some stage that needs to go up to 150k, 175k, 200k etc. That will likely happen in line with the new stadium but for the sake of adding an elite level, world class player with history at our club.....I think we could and would do it now as a one-off.