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so, could we end up with an Eriksen/Bale swap?
Not according to Lighty. I got a smack on the wrist when I mentioned it as a possibility.
so, could we end up with an Eriksen/Bale swap?
Wow, a lot of hypothetical sweetheart deals being floated, with Real paying half or more of his wages. Bayern/PSG/United will be all over that too then, and they will probably grease his agent to boot.
The only way I see it being us is if Eriksen goes the other way.
The club chose not to play Bale in friendlies prior to his move to RM, not the other way round. It made total sense for everybody, not to risk a £85m transfer (if he got badly injured) for the sake of him featuring in some pre-season games. It’s usual to ‘dress up’ the non appearance as he’s “carrying a slight knock” rather than the club won’t pick him. In those circumstances the player often gets the blame.
Former Real president Ramon Calderon has been speaking and saying that Real are likely to have to move him on via a loan deal as he has no future there and the wages are so high. I hope the current president is starting to feel similar.
No idea if the quotes going around are legit about Bale wanting RM to pay him £17m a year to leave or he'll stay and play golf, but interestingly that is exactly half of the £34m JJ suggested he is on. I wonder if that's what Barnett is pushing for?
I think Levy would be very interested at £17m if Real went for it (that's the equivalent of £200k a week and a £6.6m loan fee, or £20m fee and £200k a week for 3 years). I think that'd be well worth going for if Poch wants Bale (JJ says he likes him).
FFS. The golf thing was just some made up bullshit from twitter
one of many stories from that time:Wasn’t it just friendlies he missed? I may be wrong
no - blanked everyone in training including AVBStrange that you remember it that way when he played the whole time up to the closed season and held off leaving for Real Madrid until after we had done our shopping as all parties agreed at the time even though he could have kicked up a fuss to go straight away.
If we can still afford this deal for Bale after sorting out both full back positions, central midfield and a replacement for Toby, then fine.
However, I would certainly not sacrifice any budget required to properly sort those problem positions out, in order to fun a move for Bale. No way.
The interesting thing is it seems that the richest clubs are also starting to see the folly of signing elite players and n their prime on massive contracts. Plenty of talk and speculation about the likes of United etc going for the more up-and-coming stars which is a problem for us as those are the waters we’re swimming in.
I think it’ll be an interesting summer but very frustrating for us again. Hope I’m wrong.
Where did you get that from?no - blanked everyone in training including AVB
http://tv5.espn.com/soccer/news/sto...enham-silent-treatment-andre-villas-boas-saysWhere did you get that from?
It says Spurs had not decided whether to sell him to Real when we'd already spent £60million of his fee, he wasn't a Spurs player then and so was not under AVB's duristiction, it doesn't really say he blanked evrybody.
Do we still have first refusal on Bale? If RM agree a fee with another club, we have the option to match it.
Do we still have first refusal on Bale? If RM agree a fee with another club, we have the option to match it.