Glen Johnson has claimed that Gareth Bale would have preferred to move to Manchester United if the Red Devils had pushed to sign him.
Bale departed Real Madrid and returned to Tottenham on loan for the season after leaving the Lilywhites for a world record fee in 2013.
He fell out of favour with Zinedine Zidane since the Frenchman became the club’s manager and decided to leave the Bernabeu this season to play more regularly.
He was linked with a return to the Premier League and Tottenham faced serious competition from Manchester United for his signature.
The Red Devils are looking to sign Jadon Sancho also and it seems that their pursuit of the former Manchester City protégé prompted them to decline to make a move for Bale.
Johnson reckons that if United were serious about landing Bale and pushed to sign him, they would have won the race for his signature.
“The only thing I could put it down to with United is they get to a point in the negotiations and then they must stall on the finest little details,” Johnson told Sky Sports.
“Bale, for example, if Bale has got the option to go to Tottenham or United, I believe he would go to United. But United clearly didn’t put the final details to it. It’s strange.
Ridiculous comments from Johnson, he has absolutely no clue what Bale would have wanted if United had made a serious attempt to sign him. All we have are the actual words spoken from Bale and his agent and in both cases, they made it clear his heart was in Tottenham.
There is always one pundit that ignores the facts to get themselves some publicity, this was a lazy attempt.