He's not going anywhere. Even his agent is playing down a move.
Gareth Bale | Mourinho: "Game over. Now everyone knows he's going to stay."
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Mourinho: "Game over. Now everyone knows he's going to stay."
Mourinho has confirmed it's over.
Over? Was it ever under?
I think Jose knew Bale was going to start before his pre match comments, so the rumours were put to bed.
The soundings coming out about us being coy on signing Ronaldo (us not wanting to be led down the garden path by him) when he said he wanted to leave, think this is the exact same and Jose knew what he was doing.
The soundings coming out about us being coy on signing Ronaldo (us not wanting to be led down the garden path by him) when he said he wanted to leave, think this is the exact same and Jose knew what he was doing.
I think we'd likely enquire (and I do genuinely think Bale loved his time here) but I don't think its doable unfortunately. We can break our wage structure for the right player I think but this would be smashing it to smithereens.
Which is a big shame as if he comes back to the UK, it would be painful to see him in another team's shirt.
He would certainly elevate the team to another level, that is for sure.
He's a crock anyway 
Back to the Perisic thread we go.
They are stuck with Bale because Mbappe turned them down.
A decent dole allowance if you ask me
Never wanted him
Was he ever under us?
Phew, I'm so relieved we didn't waste €100m+ on this crock.
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Still need a wide player, team is seriously lacking in quality there. Bale was always a pipe dream but we have to find some solutions before window shuts.
Very much so. Would be a big mistake to make
Thought Marca was a mouth piece for Real Madrid? They clearly made up a lot of bollocks didn't they
Edit: white text so I don't agree.
Don't really understand why you wouldn't want him if we had a chance to get him. Sure, he's been injured quite a bit in the recent seasons, but even tonight, when he clearly wasn't anywhere near 100% he outshone every single one of our players, bar De Gea.
It's so damn obvious that we need creativity and x-factor in attack, and there are no other players near his level available on the transfer market. Would you rather just save the money and go into the season with our current squad instead of taking a gamble on a player, who on form is a top 5-10 player in the world, and could likely increase our chances of winning titles massively? I say go for it. Money is clearly not an issue for us.
Well this was weird
Only 15 mil more than Lukaku
I think it will end up being a massive waste of money and rather we wait (shocking, I know) and buy someone else or Griezmann next summer. Never been a fan of Bale and the money and injuries on top of that just makes it a no go for me.
Don't really understand why you wouldn't want him if we had a chance to get him. Sure, he's been injured quite a bit in the recent seasons, but even tonight, when he clearly wasn't anywhere near 100% he outshone every single one of our players, bar De Gea.
It's so damn obvious that we need creativity and x-factor in attack, and there are no other players near his level available on the transfer market. Would you rather just save the money and go into the season with our current squad instead of taking a gamble on a player, who on form is a top 5-10 player in the world, and could likely increase our chances of winning titles massively? I say go for it. Money is clearly not an issue for us.
And?
Great, now this is over get a winger in. There's still time.
First of all, I don't think that using €100 million on Bale this window means that we won't be able to sign Griezmann if we get the chance in the next few windows.
Secondly, while I agree that buying Bale would certainly involve a risk of him being injured a lot, I don't think we are in a position where we can afford to pass on a chance to get a player like him. Our attacking options are simply not good enough to pass on an opportunity to get a world class player.
To me the RVP signing reminds me a lot of a hypothetical Bale signing. We spent £24 million on RVP(I know it's not quite the same, but what would £24 million in 2012 equate to in today's market? £50 million at least?), which is was quite a big amount on a 29-year-old with a much worse injury record than Bale. I know he just came off a great, injury free season, but that was his first in many seasons. The risk paid off, and he almost single-handedly won us a championship. Even though he never reached a level anywhere near the 12/13 season again, I think winning that championship was worth every penny. And I think that's exactly the sort of impact Bale could have for us - even if he misses a few games here and there. I think we have to take a gamble on him if we can - and I think we will, if we get the chance.
Can you name any quality wingers we could realistically get? It seems both Bale and Perisic are out of the equation. It's not a rhetorical question - I really can't think of any besides maybe Thomas Lemar and Felipe Anderson(was he any good last season?). And there are no signs we've shown interest in them.
He was always going to start tonight - just look at their bench.
This is to plant the seed in Bale's mind for when he is dropped on Ronaldo's return.
This is to plant the seed in Bale's mind for when he is dropped on Ronaldo's return.
Mourinho's comment 'game over' confirms that we have seriously pursued Bale this summer and were ready to buy him, if Madrid decided to sell him.
That confirms a few things:
1) why we haven't bought a winger yet, as he was our first option.
2) Glazers still prepared to invest alot more funds.
I'd expect Perisic or another to join us very soon to close our transfer business.
That confirms a few things:
1) why we haven't bought a winger yet, as he was our first option.
2) Glazers still prepared to invest alot more funds.
I'd expect Perisic or another to join us very soon to close our transfer business.
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Agreed.
Fck donkey Kong, does anyone want to risk this transfer? When will United fans see he doesn't want to be here! Congrats Gareth though, winning trophies is a habit now.
Does anyone else think that Mourinho came off a bit desperate with his public declarations of love?
Didn't he say in the past he doesn't talk about other clubs players?
Now it looks like Bale snubbed him/the club.
Didn't he say in the past he doesn't talk about other clubs players?
Now it looks like Bale snubbed him/the club.
Welcome to every Marca article ever.
100m for an injury prone player. No thanks.
Much rather have 33.33 Jon Walterses.
Much rather have 33.33 Jon Walterses.
No team, or league could hand that much Jon Walters, it'd be equivalent to blood doping.
We can still rely on lingard
Some people are just clueless and tend to blab on about anything regardless of logic.
Best to not even go near lol
Is this going to be a Ross and Rachel relationship?
No it looks like Madrid made the decision that they want to keep Bale. Bale was hardly confessing his love for Madrid.
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