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[RichSpur58]

By not being seen or heard ? Not giving interviews every 5 minutes to anyone who'll listen ? Give it a rest.

He may not be giving interviews, but his presence is over every deal. Hard negotiator, tough businessman, low ball etc etc....his little bald head is in every newspaper and sports program.

 

[RichSpur58]

There's another fail article in the Mail I won't link to saying in bold after the first paragraph "VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Bale asking to leave Spurs". There is a video, but it doesn't even have an old interview with Gareth in. It's just a female VO rehashing all the garbage we've been hearing the last few days.

I'm out until this circus dies down and we hear one way or another.

bye

 

[mattdefoe]

Bales a match winner, a big game player. He needs to be kept. Has he seen the track record at Madrid ? The state of la liga? All the other stuff... Don't go yet

 

[ralvy]

I think no one has posted this one before. Zidane, whatafuckingprick! I regret now having screamed with so much passion his goals on the WC final as a 10 years old kid, hope I could take it all back now.

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1...ane-keen-quick-gareth-bale-resolution?cc=3888

"We’re not going to give up on Bale", Zidane told Le 10 Sport. "It’s impossible to forget about a player of his quality.

"It’s only normal that Tottenham want him to sign a new contract but we’ve made it clear that he’s one of our main objectives."

Zidane continued by telling reporters: “If Gareth has expressed a desire to join Madrid, then Tottenham should give him permission to speak with us. The chance to play for Real Madrid might only come around once in a player’s lifetime and it is understandable that Gareth doesn’t want to miss out on it. It is not unusual when a player knows that Real Madrid are interested in them that they get excited. There is nothing more prestigious for a player than to wear the white of Real Madrid.”

Zidane went on to suggest Bale already deserves to be recognised among the best players in world football, before claiming he would give himself the chance to join the game’s all-time greats if he takes on the challenge at Real Madrid. “Last season Gareth was on the same level as (Cristiano) Ronaldo and (Lionel) Messi and in modern football, you have to pay to get the best,” he added when asked about a possible £85m deal for Bale.
“The best players can have not so great games, but change a game with a moment of brilliance. Those are the sort of players that win you Champions League’s and League titles. He is already one of the finest player in Europe and he has everything needed to become the best player in the world. It is a bit of a cliché, but it is true you become a better player playing with better players.”

Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas also spoke about Bale’s quality, describing him as "one of the three of four best players in the world" and someone "capable of changing a game".

 

[spivmaster]

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs...l-lack-class-bid-unsettle-bale-004814126.html

Zidane sums up Real lack of class in bid to unsettle Bale


And so it continues. This constant daily chirping about property that does not belong to them. There is an arrogant streak about Real Madrid's longing for the Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Balethat is wholly unpleasant, a tacky philosophy that delivers the simple message loud and clear: 'we can do what we want because we have money'.
This is how Real Madrid tend to live their lives. As was shown by the £140m they spent on Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka in 2009, they are only interested in making headlines by flexing their financial muscle.
Yet there is something inherently wrong with a policy of excess that has failed to deliver such a monied club the Champions League trophy since France's 1998 World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane - now Real's outspoken sporting director - scored a fabled volley on a dank Glasgow night against Bayer Leverkusen in 2002. It was the last of their nine European Cups.
It remains difficult to paint Spurs as the corner shop taking on the might of a supermarket opening up on the next street, not when they are a Premier League concern contemplating flogging their main protagonist for a world record transfer fee of upwards of £100m, but one is suddenly rooting for the London club to reject Real's advances in what is rapidly descending into a tedious fiasco engineered by the Spanish club.
.......
Their pathetic methods of trying to buy success at whatever cost does not take into account losing their own self-respect. Public tapping up of a player seems to be fair game as far as Real Madrid are concerned. UEFA should have a word, but its president Michel Platini is probably having a lie down as Financial Fair Play rules appear to go up in smoke.
Real care only for the end game. Take this little snippet from Zidane last night. It contained about as much class as his decision to butt Italian Marco Materazzi in the chest during the 2006 World Cup final.

 

[miles_64]

I used to like Zidane. Now I think he's a fucking wanker.

 

[tototoner]

La Liga President now throwing his two cents in

Real’s offer for Bale would smash the current record of £83.3-million, which Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo four years ago.

But Spanish Football League president Javier Tebas insists the transfer would be good for La Liga, after the recent departure of stars like Radamel Falcao, Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas.

“It is immoral to pay for something when you cannot afford it,” Tebas told reporters. “I think it’s more immoral for a club to spend €1-million which they do not have. €100-million is a huge amount of money to spend on a player but if Madrid can afford that then it’s not a question of morality, but of whether it’s a risky move or not.

“I don’t know much about him, but if Bale is a good player, then I’d rather he was over her [in La Liga] than in the Premier League. It’s not a question of how much he costs, you have to look at how much money he will generate, and if the LFP has all the stars, it will allow us to maintain high television revenue. All the money the arrival of this type of player generates translates into more revenue.

“Seeing players leave [Spain] is a double-edged sword. Clubs need to decrease their debts, and it’s a shame that players have to leave, but it is good news because this is the path we have chosen.

“Spanish football clubs pay €120-million in interest each season, and just think about the players we could have had with that money and how much we could have paid them. If we can reduce our debts, in four or five seasons’ time we will have more money to invest in our football. We are on the right track, and the clubs know that.”

 

[tototoner]

Mirror again, the loan English media voice that actually want Bale to stay with us

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/gareth-bale-transfer-tottenham-sell-2106285

If Tottenham sell Gareth Bale they will also be selling their heart, their soul.. and a golden future

31 Jul 2013 07:30
But if they keep him, and prosper BECAUSE they keep him, maybe other wonderful players will want to join him at Spurs, writes Oliver Holt

Common sense says Spurs should sell Gareth Bale.
Take the £80million or £90m or £100m Real Madrid are offering. Cash in.
Sell while the Welshman’s value is at its height and there is still time to bring in new players for the start of the season.
Take the money because, well, is anyone really worth that much?
Take the money because imagine how you will feel if Bale’s injury woes return and he only plays in fits and starts next season.
Take the money because £80m well invested might even give Tottenham a better chance of making the Champions League next term, than if they keep Bale.
Spend that £80m on two or three elite additions and Spurs might even be favourites to force their way into the top four ahead of Arsenal.
The money’s eye-watering, even in today’s climate. It could take Tottenham to the next level.
But despite all the logic, despite the feeling money always talks loudest in the end, it is hard to escape the feeling that, actually, Bale is priceless.
He is not Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, but he is not far off.
And he plays not for Real Madrid or Barcelona or Bayern Munich or Manchester United, or one of the other giants of the European game, but for Tottenham.
Spurs have uncovered a jewel, one of the best players in the world.
If they sell, it might be a long, long time before they get another like him.
When was the last time Spurs had one of the best players in the world?
When Gary Lineker and Paul Gascoigne were at White Hart Lane 20 years ago, maybe?
When Jimmy Greaves was there 30 years before that? Ossie Ardiles, Jurgen Klinsmann? Maybe.
It doesn’t happen often. That’s the point.
And even though it’s hopelessly romantic, that’s why I hope Spurs don’t sell.
Because every other week, their fans get to sit on the edge of their seats and watch Bale do magic.
Every other week, they get to watch Bale do something special.
They get that feeling of anticipation when he gets the ball. They know that when the ball’s glued to his left foot, anything is possible: a dazzling run, a sizzling cross, an unstoppable shot.
There are other wonderful talents around but at the moment, apart from Ronaldo and Messi, none as explosive as the Welshman.
If Spurs sell now, are they ever going to attract anyone like him to White Hart Lane?
But if they keep him, and they prosper because they keep him, maybe others will want to come to Tottenham, too.
It’s already happening.
They broke their transfer record to sign Paulinho from Corinthians.
They are close to doing it again with their pursuit of Valencia’s Roberto Soldado.
What if they build around Bale, not without him?
What if they do what US sports teams often do with their prize assets?
Use Bale as the cornerstone, like the Chicago Bulls once did with Michael Jordan, and the Indianapolis Colts with Peyton Manning.
Different leagues, sure. Different conditions. Salary caps, drafts and the rest of it.
But the same principle applies.
That’s why I hope Spurs and their chairman Daniel Levy hold their nerve.
That’s why I hope Levy sticks to his guns, as he has before, and maintains that Bale is flat out not for sale.
Not because I want to deny Bale the chance to play for Real Madrid - I’ve no problem with his desire to play at the Bernabeu.
This is about Tottenham.
Because it feels as if Spurs are within touching distance of not being a selling club.
They are on the verge of something big.
Through the financial management of Levy and the football management of Harry Redknapp and Andre Villas-Boas, they are so close to not having to sell top players.
They are an ace away from not having to roll over if Manchester United come calling for a Dimitar Berbatov or a Michael Carrick - or if Madrid decide they would like to buy Luka Modric.
They’re tantalisingly near to being an established power in the English game.
And somehow, despite all the arguments to the contrary, it feels like selling Bale will move them further away from that goal, not closer to it.
How many top-line players would still be on the market once Bale has been sold?
Manchester City have done most of their business. So, too, Bayern and Barcelona.
Edinson Cavani’s at PSG, Radamel Falcao’s at Monaco, Neymar’s at Barcelona.
Most of the rest of the world’s top talents have already been signed up for the season ahead.
Sell Bale and you make an awful lot of money, sure.
Sell Bale and the people who play the percentages will tell you you’re doing the right thing.
Sell him and you don’t have to worry about the fact he may struggle to replicate the feats of last season.
But sell him and you lose something you can never replace. Sell him and you lose the magic.
Sell him and that feeling a Spurs fan gets when Bale receives the ball and moves it on to his left foot is gone for ever.

 

[wearetheparklane]

 

[tototoner]

Ancelotti confirms Madrid in talks to buy Bale

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...drid-in-talks-with-Spurs-to-sign-Gareth-Bale?

"The club is talking right now to find a solution to the case of Bale, but there is no news in this regard," he said.

"I've never talked to Bale because they usually do not talk to players from another team and now we would just talk to him.

"It's hard to talk about Bale as a player of Madrid, let's see what happens. I am very happy with the squad and with the work we are doing.

"All players are working well, we have not discussed anything about outputs, so it is not true about Modric - he is a player very important to us. Modric will play with us this season.

"The squad is very good, as I have said many times there is quality, experience, character and it is young," Ancelotti added.

Bale trained at the club's Enfield complex yesterday, when he reportedly told manager Andre Villas-Boas that he wished to leave for the Spanish capital.

And tomorrow at Stansted Airport could be the acid test for whether the Welshman is to join Real this summer, as Tottenham take flight for their friendly with Monaco on Saturday.

 

[coopsy13]

Just says the club are talkingn to find a solution. Thats what they've been doing for a long time... Talking. They won't shut up, or their players

 

[myhartlane]

The fact that Ancelotti has confirmed that they are talking concerns me, no longer can we write it off as media speculation.

 

[tototoner]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...enham-transfers-gareth-bale-agreement-2115446

Gareth Bale transfer agreed at £105m claim Real Madrid.. but Tottenham say deal STILL not done


Real Madrid have agreed to pay £105million in a part-exchange deal for Gareth Bale.

The Spanish giants were claiming on Thursday night that a staggering, world-record accord had been sealed with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy.

Tottenham insist there is still work to be done though, with the clubs as yet unable to agree on which Real players will travel in the opposite direction as part of the move.

Levy wants any cash offer to exceed the world record £80m paid by Manchester United to Real for Cristiano Ronaldo four years ago, before a player is included.

Real have withdrawn left-back Fabio Coentrao – one of the players they are offering – from their friendly with LA Galaxy claiming “muscle issues”.

But they have dismissed an attempt by the north Londoners to take Spain Under-21 striker Alvaro Morata.

Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas is a big fan of the 20-year-old, who was the tournament's leading scorer two months ago as Spain lifted the European Under-21 title.


So, too, however, is Real's new coach Carlo Ancelotti, who has also vetoed Spurs’ bid to take their former midfielder Luka Modric - sold to the Spaniards last summer - back to the Lane.

The other player put up by Real in part-exchange, winger Angel Di Maria, does not want to move to London.

Bale is now expected to sit out Tottenham’s away friendly against Monaco on Saturday.

 

[tototoner]

http://hereisthecity.com/2013/08/02/tottenhams-options-for-replacing-real-madrid-bound-gareth-bale/

Tottenham's options for replacing Real Madrid bound Gareth Bale


The north London club’s star man looks to be moving to the Spanish capital for a world record fee – but who will replace him at White Hart Lane?

For any team, losing your best player is a real blow and takes some replacing. Tottenham appear to be losing the battle to keep star attacker Gareth Bale at the club, with Real Madrid rumoured to be closing in on a world record transfer for the Wales international.

Before Spurs consider letting Bale leave, they must think realistically about who will fill the considerable void left by a player that won matches for the club almost single-handedly on occasion last season.


The club will have money to spend, however no Champions League football to attract the cream of the crop. Would one of these five fit the bill?

Christian Eriksen

Widely regarding as one of the most prodigious young talents in European football, Eriksen has developed as far as he can at Ajax and looks set to be snapped up by one of the frontrunners from England, Italy or Spain sooner rather than later.

Although he lacks the physical abilities that Bale offers, Eriksen’s guile, range of passing and creativity would certainly give Tottenham an extra option that they do not currently have. With Roberto Soldado’s impending transfer to White Hart Lane, Eriksen in a trequartista type role, feeding passes for the Spanish forward, would give Spurs’ attack a subtlety that was missing at times last term.

Willian

Although the Brazilian only moved from Shakhtar Donetsk to Anzhi Makhachkala in January, the talented winger-cum-attacking midfielder has already publicly stated his desire to leave Russia.

“I tried to leave Shakhtar for over a year, but couldn’t do it,” he said.

“I had offers from big English clubs and from other places, but Shakhtar never accepted them. Anzhi were the only ones who agreed to pay for my release clause. I have enormous affection and respect for this club, but everybody knows that my dreams and desires haven’t changed.”

Tottenham are known admirers of Willian, and failed in efforts to sign him from Shakhtar in the past. Andre Villas-Boas also is thought to have tried to buy him for Chelsea during his brief tenure at Stamford Bridge.


Willian has flair in abundance, and has been a solid performer in the Champions League with Shakhtar. Despite this, his lack of experience in a top league would mean that he would need time to bed in – something Spurs cannot afford.

Erik Lamela

With new technical director Franco Baldini’s association with Roma, Erik Lamela is a player that has been repeatedly linked with a switch to north London in recent weeks.

The Argentine forward has played in the Italian capital for two seasons after a move from River Plate, and started to settle into his new surrounds last term. His progression and improvement was noticeable, and the South American was certainly one of the Giallorossi’s better players in 2012-13.

Lamela has an excellent eye for a killer ball, and offered up 15 goals in Serie A last term. A player with a big future, if Spurs could convince Roma to sell, Lamela could be a star in the Premier League.

Bernard

A member of Brazil’s Confederations Cup winning squad, the Atletico Mineiro playmaker has outgrown domestic football and is ready for a switch to Europe. Arsenal are rumbled to be major suitors for the South American, however Shakhtar and Porto are also monitoring the situation.

The 20-year-old’s talent is obvious; whether he is ready to replace one of Europe’s best players is another.

Luis Suarez

A controversial inclusion, Suarez’s future at Liverpool appears all but over if a big-money offer is received. With Real Madrid and Arsenal thought to be in the market for the tempestuous Uruguayan, the forward is eyeing progression and a chance to play in the Champions League.

Despite the fact that Tottenham will not play in Europe’s elite competition next season, Suarez could be tempted away from Anfield by Spurs’ ambition in the transfer market and bundles of new-found wealth.


A strike partnership of Suarez and Soldado would be an intriguing one. Whether Villas-Boas would be willing to spend a large chunk of the money received from Bale’s sale and endure Suarez’s questionable character remains to be seen.

 

[tototoner]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23537937

Bale likely to join Real Madrid says Harry Redknapp

"I think it'll be difficult for him not to go now. I think he wants to go if we're truthful," Redknapp told BBC Wales' The Backpage programme.


"He doesn't want to say it, but I hear from different sources that he really wants to go now."

 

[Kyle Broflovski]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23537937

Bale likely to join Real Madrid says Harry Redknapp

"I think it'll be difficult for him not to go now. I think he wants to go if we're truthful," Redknapp told BBC Wales' The Backpage programme.


"He doesn't want to say it, but I hear from different sources that he really wants to go now."

Here he goes. Knew it wouldn't be long before Del Boy chimed in. Oh no surprises he's not supporting Spurs in all this.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23537937

Bale likely to join Real Madrid says Harry Redknapp

"I think it'll be difficult for him not to go now. I think he wants to go if we're truthful," Redknapp told BBC Wales' The Backpage programme.


"He doesn't want to say it, but I hear from my mates at THE SUN that he really wants to go now."

FIXED

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

Gareth Bale's proposed record-breaking transfer from Tottenham to Real Madrid has been agreed, according to the Spanish club, reports the London Evening Standard.
The Spanish club have reportedly agreed to a £105m deal which will see a lump-sum plus a Madrid player moving in the other direction.
Tottenham are maintaining that a deal is yet to be hashed out but Madrid claim that all that needs to be decided is which player Tottenham want in exchange

I suggest Ronaldo.

 

[SteveH]

£105m this totally plausable.

 

[tototoner]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...oks-to-complete-real-madrid-move-8743896.html



Transfer news: Gareth Bale will not travel with Tottenham to Monaco as he looks to complete Real Madrid move

The Welshman does not want to risk sustaining an injury amid negotiations over a world record transfer

By STAFF , SIMON JOHNSON
Friday 02 August 2013

Gareth Bale will not travel with the Tottenham team for tomorrow's match in Monaco as he looks to complete his move to Real Madrid.

Spurs are set to play at the Stade Louis II stadium tomorrow evening against Monaco as they prepare for the season ahead - but they must do so without their star player according to the Evening Standard.

Bale does not want to risk sustaining a serious injury by playing any part in the game.

The 24-year-old, who scored 26 goals for Andre Villas-Boas’ side last season, has sat out the last three friendlies due to a muscle strain. His only appearance in a Tottenham shirt during pre-season so far was against Swindon on July 16.

Bale has received more treatment on his injury at the training ground this week and will not feature against Monaco. He will not even travel with the squad to the principality.

It would seem preparing for the season ahead without their best player would make sense for Spurs, with a world record transfer to Real Madrid looking increasingly likely.

Bale reiterated his desire to quit White Hart Lane at a meeting with chairman Daniel Levy earlier this week.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti confirmed today that talks to sign Bale were ongoing and the former Southampton player’s former manager at Spurs, Harry Redknapp, predicted Bale will be a “huge success” if he completes the move.

“You can’t ignore interest from Real Madrid and he’s probably dreamed of that as a little boy. It could happen but I’m not sure. If he goes there he would be a great success,” said Redknapp. “He can do everything, there’s nothing he can’t do, he’s an amazing player.”