Gareth Bale (Rumour to Deal Done)

[hugrr]

Just to add last friday SSN's "sources" said that after Spurs had failed to agree a payment plan with Surreal Madrid that Levy was going to meet Perez monday gone to arrange it.

Wasn't Levy spotted with Bale on Monday near WHL?

Surreal Madrid

 

[yido4life]

Interesting tidbit from the Guardian football podcast. Raphael Honigstein (who's an excellent journo IMO) said in regards to Bale....

''I know that two weeks ago, Franco Baldini started making phone calls to agents saying 'we will probably have a lot of money to reinvest & who have you got & who can we get' etc''.

If business in the football world is a case of telling potential suppliers "I've got loads of money what can you sell me" I think they all need to go on purchasing courses!!

 

[PhezTHFC]

thats like saying we want lamela/willian but since you have alot of money you can have them for say..... £50m!!

 

[Wolf_Autopsy]

These madrid ****s are starting to piss me off.

Start flexing with the bale offers to take some steam out of the Neymar transfer, and now they pull out and say "LULZ we dont really need him".

What a bunch of fuckin' goofs

 

[sweyid]

These madrid ****s are starting to piss me off.

Start flexing with the bale offers to take some steam out of the Neymar transfer, and now they pull out and say "LULZ we dont really need him".

What a bunch of fuckin' goofs

But on the other hand, the Bale saga has given Spurs massive amounts of media exposure. If Bale's head hasn't been turned we may be coming out as winners at the end of the saga. Massive media exposure, star player staying. All good.

 

[ValenciaYid]

From marca...


There's something about that last sentence that makes me wanna punch the air.
But then again it's Marca so,in all likelihood,complete fiction.

The stuff you just quoted from Marca, especially the last few lines, was printed recently? Because I read that in Marca 10 days ago or there abouts, so, if so, its just re-hash old bs...

 

[class of 62]

These madrid ****s are starting to piss me off.

Start flexing with the bale offers to take some steam out of the Neymar transfer, and now they pull out and say "LULZ we dont really need him".

What a bunch of fuckin' goofs

I'd like to think its gone the other way! .... put up or shut up ?.

 

[Spurger King]

But on the other hand, the Bale saga has given Spurs massive amounts of media exposure. If Bale's head hasn't been turned we may be coming out as winners at the end of the saga. Massive media exposure, star player staying. All good.

People keep saying this over and over, but I'm certain that the opposite is the case.

If it wasn't for this saga we'd be seeing Spurs promoted positively by having Bale shown on countless adverts and billboards. Once the transfer rumours started all advertising featuring him pretty much stopped. Instead of Spurs being shown as going into the new season with one of the best players in the world, we're on the back pages and news reports as the greedy little minnows refusing to let a big club like Madrid get what is rightfully theirs. I don't see how that is remotely better.

 

[Gb160]

The stuff you just quoted from Marca, especially the last few lines, was printed recently? Because I read that in Marca 10 days ago or there abouts, so, if so, its just re-hash old bs...

Well the article is very recent,today infact.
Knowing marca its probably rehashed if you've read it before mate.
http://www.marca.com/2013/08/14/en/football/real_madrid/1376492443.html

 

[$hoguN]

People keep saying this over and over, but I'm certain that the opposite is the case.

If it wasn't for this saga we'd be seeing Spurs promoted positively by having Bale shown on countless adverts and billboards. Once the transfer rumours started all advertising featuring him pretty much stopped. Instead of Spurs being shown as going into the new season with one of the best players in the world, we're on the back pages and news reports as the greedy little minnows refusing to let a big club like Madrid get what is rightfully theirs. I don't see how that is remotely better.

What's that old adage? There is no such thing as bad press.

To me that applies here as the clubs name is being discussed through the World. People won't be talking about us in a negative light, but if we are a big enough club to keep Bale. That may get them more interested in the club.

 

[Spurger King]

What's that old adage? There is no such thing as bad press.

To me that applies here as the clubs name is being discussed through the World. People won't be talking about us in a negative light, but if we are a big enough club to keep Bale. That may get them more interested in the club.

I'm not saying it's not publicity. I'm saying that we'd be getting a lot more publicity (from BT, from the FIFA game when it comes out, from newspaper advertising, probably from Sky too) if he wasn't rumoured to be leaving.

I agree that if we keep him it will be a massive image boost for the club, but I suspect he'll go and we'll look like small fry on a global scale.

 

[Samson]

We have an interesting split in the camp.
We have those that believe (are resigned to) he's leaving this window.
Those that genuinely believe he'll stay.
Those that think if the money is offered we'd be mad to turn it down.
Those that think no matter how much we're offered he should stay.

Very strange to have so many at odds in terms of onions.

I'm off the opinion he's had his head turned with the line "it's now or never"
I think before that he might have been willing to hold off for another year.
I simply don't buy the theory Madrid can't finance it. They've been doing it for 15 years.

The one thing I'm not sure about is where this cash injection fits in.

The optimist in me (it does exist) says he's finally using his power to push on.
The pessimist says he's simply fronting the cash to secure targets before Bale is sold so we're not left short or ripped off.

They borrowed to pay cash for Ronaldo and Kaka, from a Spanish bank. Levy is asking them for 20 percent of their turnover in one payment for Bale. They might be able to do it on those terms, but it wouldn't represent great value for a club with stagnating revenues, rising costs and a star player with identical attributes.

 

[$hoguN]

I'm not saying it's not publicity. I'm saying that we'd be getting a lot more publicity (from BT, from the FIFA game when it comes out, from newspaper advertising, probably from Sky too) if he wasn't rumoured to be leaving.

I agree that if we keep him it will be a massive image boost for the club, but I suspect he'll go and we'll look like small fry on a global scale.

I don't think any team who receives a World Record transfer fee for a player looks small fry tbh. I'm not arguing that good press wouldn't be preferable to what we have got now, but if it was only good press I doubt many people in Argentina/Australia etc. would be talking about Bale like they are now.

 

[gilzeantheking]

That Levy is such a bad man

http://www.marca.com/2013/08/13/en/football/international_football/1376378565.html

 

[easley91]

Marca, go home. YOU'RE DRUNK!

 

[Blackcanary]

That Levy is such a bad man

http://www.marca.com/2013/08/13/en/football/international_football/1376378565.html

They sound so outraged: What's that Marca, he briefed the press?! What kind of lowdown, despicable club would use the press to help them with transfers?!

 

[etchedchaos]

Can we post the Marca article please, I refuse to taint myself by clicking their links and giving them views for what is likely made-up bullshit.

 

[hugrr]

That Levy is such a bad man

http://www.marca.com/2013/08/13/en/football/international_football/1376378565.html

Uso de cookies, lol!!!

 

[spursfaninus]

Love the bit at the end about "fabricated bid". That is too funny marca pointing out something is fabricated.

 

[Ironskullll]

Just read another tweet that said he'd told hi Wales team mates that he won't be playing for Spurs again.
I want the debacle solved one way or another.

I want it solved one way and not the other.