Wow, Madrid are actually taking their stage down!
They have a game this morning
Real Madrid signing Gareth Bale will take their squad to 27 players, they are only allowed 25.
Real Madrid signing Gareth Bale will take their squad to 27 players, they are only allowed 25.
It'll be after the NLD with a transfer tomorrow, Coentrao will decide to join us and his agreed value (fee will be undiscloded and we won't have to pay anything) plus the Bale fee will total 99m EUR.
Ronaldo's ego temains intact as the worlds most expensive player as the Bale deal and the Coentrao deal will be announced as two separate deals.
There is no way the Bale fee has suddenly sunk without a reason, Ronaldo is the reason, so the fee and payment structure has had to be renegotiated to accommodate his ego.
It all seems pretty obvious.
We could announce Coentrao today and Bale tomorrow.
If it keeps on tappin', Levy's goin' to break,
When Mr. Levy Breaks Madrid'll have no stage to stay.
Mean old Levy taught them to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a Madridista leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.
Sky really putting their neck on the line saying it will be announced either today or tomorrow but nothing is signed so it might not happen at all.
So, clutching at the slipperiest of straws here, but if that is correct (and it does make sense) what happens if Coentrao rejects us?
Madrid are suddenly light on the fee and either must stump up a world record fee and piss off CR or pull the plug?