Gareth Bale

[CoopsieDeadpool]

I'm guessing people will believe every word of this.

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...madrid-next-club-miguel-delaney-a8374021.html

Gareth Bale transfer: Tottenham could beat Manchester United to reunion with Real Madrid star willing to take pay cut

The 28-year-old will discuss his future this week and would be willing to make compromises on financial demands if a deal could be struck to bring him back to north London

Tottenham Hotspur are monitoring developments with Gareth Bale and may yet launch an audacious bid to bring the star back to the club this summer, with the 28-year-old’s representatives set to meet with Real Madrid to sort his future out this week.

Bale followed his match-winning substitute appearance in the Champions League final with the announcement that he would have to consider his future if he would not be a starter in future,and his agent Jonathan Barnett is set to sit down with the Bernabeu hierarchy over the next few days.

His exit is by no means certain since Bale is a personal favourite of president Florentino Perez, even if manager Zinedine Zidane is not so warm to him, and the situation is further complicated by Cristiano Ronaldo’s future.

The Portuguese also cast doubt on whether he would stay at the club for next season, and the bottom line is that one of the two leaving would make it far easier for the other.

The link between Manchester United and Bale has long existed, with the player now said to see Old Trafford as a preferred destination.

They would also be better placed to match the forward’s current wages, but that is precisely why United are now cool on the player, especially at his age and at this point of his career as well as after signing Alexis Sanchez.

Sources close to Bale say he would also be very open to a return to Spurs, and would be willing to make compromises on financial demands if a deal could be structured.

With manager Mauricio Pochettino having urged the club to make statements in the market this summer, those close to the hierarchy say Tottenham would be willing to offer a deal similar to Harry Kane’s, of around £200,000 a week with bonuses.

Sources say that Spanish tax means Bale only gets £200,000 in hand at Real Madrid, but that other commercial deals related to being at the club take him up to way over £500,000.

 

[BathYid]

There is ITK saying Kane will be on approx £200k, its is even touched upon in the article that will be our new top line.

I think a 4 time Champions League winner has the ability to earn more than Harry Kane.

I doubt we would ever go above £250k, but if Bale was willing to accept that then I'm sure a deal could be done as the club would be able to pull all that back in with increased commercial income.

 

[Sandro30]

Here we go again...

 

[robertgoulet]

I'm back, baby!

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

I think a 4 time Champions League winner has the ability to earn more than Harry Kane.

I doubt we would ever go above £250k, but if Bale was willing to accept that then I'm sure a deal could be done as the club would be able to pull all that back in with increased commercial income.

IF what is written within that most recent article is true.....

"Sources say that Spanish tax means Bale only gets £200,000 in hand at Real Madrid, but that other commercial deals related to being at the club take him up to way over £500,000 "

Then taking into account that Madrid own 40% of his image rights, which they will obviously lose if he is sold, along with the suggested £200k for a couple our players, as per ITK, I think Mr Levy wouldn't have too much trouble crunching the numbers & coming up with an attractive package IF he wants the player. That 40% image rights straight back into Bale's back pocket is a good platform to build from.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Build it and they will come

 

[dagraham]

Various reports in the media are claiming that he is earning 400k a week but might be willing to make a pay cut to join us. With renewal of Kane's contract where it's reported that he'll earn about 100k a week plus bonuses, Bale joining for the same is a fat chance imo

You don't go from 400k a week to 100k plus some bonuses..

This is the issue. A pay cut might take him into Utd territory, but still beyond us.

 

[dagraham]

It's nothing we don't know already, but just continually reading the numbers involved in his earnings reiterates just how obscene the whole football circus is.

 

[zepstar]

I happen to believe that GB would take a substantial pay cut. He moved to Madrid at a time when wages stopped being crazy and became astronomical. £1.2m a month (not inc commercial activity) by conservative estimates.

He's won the CL four times. He is in the unprecedented position of having done it all and earned it all by the age of 28. At this point, his challenges are different and maybe he just wants the love of the fans again. The familiarity of home and of a club he knows and likes.

Wages may not be the issue. The fee is and we can't pay it.

 

[St José Dominguez]

Even if we could offer 200k a week matching Kanes new contract + bonuses (many have said our bonus system is best in league) the issue remains that Utd can offer him 300k a week.
If we have any chance of signing him that only becomes relevant if Man Utd don't bid for him.

 

[tiger666]

If we have any chance of signing him that only becomes relevant if Man Utd don't bid for him.

Or PSG, or Bayern or ...

 

[Indisguise]

I happen to believe that GB would take a substantial pay cut. He moved to Madrid at a time when wages stopped being crazy and became astronomical. £1.2m a month (not inc commercial activity) by conservative estimates.

He's won the CL four times. He is in the unprecedented position of having done it all and earned it all by the age of 28. At this point, his challenges are different and maybe he just wants the love of the fans again. The familiarity of home and of a club he knows and likes.

Wages may not be the issue. The fee is and we can't pay it.

Assuming that we really would be his choice over all the other clubs and excusing my ignorance but does the fee really have to be an issue if he doesn't want to go anywhere other than Spurs? Surely, RM would rather have, say, £70 million and no liability for his astronomical pages than waste a pile of cash watching him warm the bench.

 

[punkisback]

Assuming that we really would be his choice over all the other clubs and excusing my ignorance but does the fee really have to be an issue if he doesn't want to go anywhere other than Spurs? Surely, RM would rather have £70 million and no liability for his astronomical pages than waste a pile of cash watching him warm the bench.

Don't forget that his agents want to make money too. There's only so many years that they can milk him for and they will probably have their interests at heart.

 

[Indisguise]

Don't forget that his agents want to make money too. There's only so many years that they can milk him for and they will probably have their interests at heart.

Yeah, I know what you're saying, but it's not like there isn't any money still to be made wherever he goes.

 

[Hakkz]

You people

 

[tiger666]

Don't forget that his agents want to make money too. There's only so many years that they can milk him for and they will probably have their interests at heart.

They work for him and take a cut of his earnings, they don't just make money when he transfers clubs.

 

[dagraham]

They work for him and take a cut of his earnings, they don't just make money when he transfers clubs.

Means they will push him towards where he can earn more money though. Unless he really doesn’t want to go there.

I’m sure he’d come back to Spurs if the financials were there, but I haven’t seen any compelling argument that we are his over whelming first choice, with no interest in anyone else.

 

[tiger666]

Means they will push him towards where he can earn more money though. Unless he really doesn’t want to go there.

I’m sure he’d come back to Spurs if the financials were there, but I haven’t seen any compelling argument that we are his over whelming first choice, with no interest in anyone else.

I'm sure most agents would but give the guy some credit. He isn't some thick idiot getting played by unscrupulous agents telling him what to do. He isn't going to be persuaded or cajoled in to doing anything he doesn't want to.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Even if we could offer 200k a week matching Kanes new contract + bonuses (many have said our bonus system is best in league) the issue remains that Utd can offer him 300k a week.
If we have any chance of signing him that only becomes relevant if Man Utd don't bid for him.

Not really. I certainly don’t see this happening in a million years, but a player doesn’t have to take the highest wage they’re offered. Our squad would look very different if they did.

 

[dagraham]

I'm sure most agents would but give the guy some credit. He isn't some thick idiot getting played by unscrupulous agents telling him what to do. He isn't going to be persuaded or cajoled in to doing anything he doesn't want to.

Oh yeah I agree. Just saying if he’s just as happy to go to us or Utd, I’d be surprised if his agent didn’t make the case for Utd sound more compelling.