According to the Spanish outlet Mundodeportivo, ensuring Gareth Bale’s exit from Real Madrid is a distinct priority for the giants of world football. It is difficult to imagine how a club’s relationship with such a great player, on astronomical wages could turn so sour, but there’s no going back for the boy Bale.
The Welshman is supposedly valued at a token gesture amount of €20million, but as we all know, the problem lies in the wages, estimated to by £600,000 a week. Offer one: is for Real to pay 1 year’s wages, of the remaining 2 years on the 31-year-old’s contract. Offer two: Real to waive the transfer fee, which would be worth marginally more, approximately €5million.
I find it ambitious at best to imagine that Daniel Levy is going to find either of these deals particularly attractive. Half price wages still leaves us looking down the back of the sofa for £272,000 each week.
It is also worth adding the following word of caution. From a commercial perspective, ordinarily a signing of such magnitude would form queues around the block outside merchandise stores, but in these very different times, it is impossible to believe fans are still shopping in the same numbers.
Where exactly would you wear your personalized shirt? Down the pub? No, those are sterile and mostly empty. To a game? No, at this rate it looks unlikely that anyone will be lucky enough to be allowed into a stadium – this season.
Sadly, I can Manchester United taking Real Madrid up on their offer, but not Tottenham.
My thoughts exactly.I think they might be beyond learning.
Just watched E7 of the soap.I’d almost forgotten how bad we were before the COVID break.But already Levy was seeing his bank balance taking a massive hit.Forget the team and the club,it’s all about him.
It was almost comical when Jose and Levy were talking about Winks they were saying when he arrived he only played laterally,butnow……………he plays laterally and backwards.
Everything you say is logic,but when Willian was suggested half of the posters didn’t want him anywhere near our club because of his age and antics regarding signing the first time and then going to Chelsea.Again Comments regarding Rodriguez were not all of the positive sort,we didn’t sign Gedson he is on loan and quite a few weren’t sure that Bruno was the answer as the Portugese league isn’t the strongest. We did sign LoCelso & N’dombele who were the type of players to make the difference but we are still waiting for them to hit form on a regular basis either through injury or any other believable reason.
Why didn’t we but Willian or Rodriguez and we bought the wrong Fernandez in jan, what’s the point of Mourinho if he couldn’t get us these players that would have made the creative difference to our midfield. What in impact each of these players is having on their current teams and we could have bought any of them
Well, they showed that they are beginning to listen to Jose. Certainly played like a bunch of c_nts, just stupid ones not intelligent ones. They’ll learn.
He has two years of a contract left on circa €600, 000 a week which I believe is before tax. The Spanish tax laws changed. Previously, sports stars could receive their wages tax free. He has won all the domestic honours he could have dreamed of, is injury prone and is 31 yrs old. Most of us would stay in Madrid, collect our money and enjoy ourselves. It is RM’s fault for giving him such a long contract on such ludicrous wages. I just cannot see him coming back to Spurs or even playing in the Chinese or US leagues. I agree with the comment below that it is a Levy short term spin which he is using to deflect the debacle of yesterday and the ongoing and ceaseless failures to really strengthen the team to challenge for honours.
Is he even interested in playing football again, would he fancy the slog of a Premier League season after the sunshine of Spain, if he saw yesterday’s debacle he might prefer the golf course.
Anyway very strange this story really hots up following that performance against Everton. Maybe I’m cynical and Levy is pulling out all the stops.
After yesterday we can see that Bale isnt the answer.
Bruno Fernandes anyone?
Fake news
The bit also missed (especially with optioon 2) is other players wont care he came for a free, tehy will want to be paid on par!
I think the fact that Bale has been and still seems to be prepared to stay in Madrid and just pick up his wages tells you all you need to know about how he views football now. The filthy lucre has tainted what was a pure mind that only wanted to be on the park kicking a ball about.
This is what I hate about the modern game. They all get too much too soon.Completely ruined things for the humble spectator as they no longer have any incentive.They get the G wagen and diamond rolexes and obligatory tattooed sleeves from day one.
I watched the Liverpool v Leeds game and Leeds are going to be a real handful.They showed great commitment and played as a true team which we never seem to be able to grasp.
Mourinho needs a little more than an expletive ridden urging to have courage, blah,blah,blah.
He has been found out as a manager who can only perform if he can have a limitless cheque book.Give him a bang average team to sort out and he doesn’t have a clue.
Watched the latest Amazon offering just now and couldn’t help thinking why, if he wanted to win a cup so badly, he decided to play Vorm in the Norwich game. Did I miss something or was there a reason for playing a pub keeper.
Feel only slightly better with that off my chest !
You never know, if Levy sees his profit being hit then he might get on the Batphone to Uncle Joe?! 😂