Transfer News/ Updates: 6 August – ‘Bale has no more Spurs’

Never mind Luiz Suarez and Wayne Rooney – for now. By now anyone or everyone who reads and follows the transfer news knows – Gareth Bale will be the transfer story for this summer. It is not only the mega sum in excess of £85 million that grabs headlines…It is also the fact that Gareth Bale valuation is highly inflated. Granted he is an exciting talent, a player that makes even non-Tottenham Hotspurs’ fans sit up and watch the replay of his goals (over and over). But for Real Madrid to break their bank accounts and their existing transfer records to land Bale speaks more on the desperation of one man – Fiorentino Perez. A man bends on proving himself to the world how good he is – at landing his target, regardless of the practicality of the transfer, or whether his bid has an adverse negative outcome on the transfer market. And this even at the prospect of losing their star player – Cristiano Ronaldo? Would Ronaldo likes to play second fiddle in the record stakes? As well as that remembering the facts that when Real Madrid signed Ronaldo from Manchester United for £80 million, he was already a proven player, having won numerous titles with Manchester United and for himself.

 

The chains of event that follows the Gareth Bale transfer are also rather hypocritical for the parties involved, with Andre-Villas Boas slamming Carlo Ancelotti over Real Madrid’s tactic of unsettling Gareth Bale and Tottenham Hotspurs threatening fine if Bale fails to show up for training. Likewise Real Madrid uses their players to make ‘intentional’ statements to further unsettle Bale.

 

It seems that Daniel Levy and Tottenham Hotspurs does not believe their luck with the kind of valuation on Gareth Bale. Now that they know it is possible they wanted more – why not, seems that Bale himself wanted out and it is pointless to keeping an unhappy player and allow the morale of the dressing room to be affected. Being a known tough negotiator, Daniel Levy is sure to make this transfer a long drawn out saga – right until the deadline. As it is now Real Madrid plans of installment payments instead of straight cash already does not goes well for the negotiations.

One thing is almost certain given the events of the last few days, Gareth Bale would not likely end up at Old Trafford.