I think some people are forgetting just how amazing Ronaldo was for United. The clubs best ever player arguably.
Gareth Bale Transfer Speculation | Done
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As for my valuation of Pogba, it was the price I'd seen used in any articles linking him with a move away from Juventus, and I imagine the sort of amount it would now take to get them to consider selling. I also think it's a price that a top club would be willing to go near for a player of his ability and age.
He just said he already was lost - pretty hard to get lost while lost in the first place!
Even Scott Parker won it for Christ sake.
Bale didn't deserve it either time he won it. He won it the first time because of those performances against Inter & Suarez would have won it last year if it were not for the biting lark!
As did van Persie, Henry and Ronaldo. So what?
Just to clarify, what are we actually trying to say about Gareth Bale here? He's 'not that good' after all? Or he's very good, but there are several players as good as him? I'm a bit lost. I thought it was generally accepted he was fecking amazing.
That said, it was only a few months ago that I stopped having to argue with people on here that he was better than Antonio Valencia, so I can't say I'm too shocked.
Yes. From the outside looking in this bears all the signs of Ronaldo being on his way out. Or they're just spinning around in a mupppet frenzy down there, throwing out bids and cash like there's no tomorrow. As you suggest bringing in a player at that cost, undoubtedly offering him extremely handsome wages too, will have implications in squad like that - I would be surprised if it didn't. The natural measure would be to offer Ronaldo a new and extravagant deal as an immediate sweetener - or to let him go. Keeping him on the same terms, knowing he will want an extension, and then add a record signing to the squad (a player people talk about, wrongly but never mind, as Ronaldo MkII) - well, it seems like a recipe for disaster to me.
My response was in light of his statement. More preferable than 'stay lost' though.
I think the point is in my opinion Real are welcome to Bale at that price. I'm delighted we are nowhere to be seen in all of this. As much of a good player he is he doesn't warrant a world record transfer fee. Leave him at Spurs. He will soon force a move and at a much lower price.
Fair enough. I'd love for us to sign him, and while I won't say a definitive value, I think it's clear he's not just your random £40m player that floats around 3 or 3 times every window. He was always either going to break the record or come very close to it I think.
I am even undecided as to whether I would prefer him to Ronaldo, taking age into consideration.
Aye, see my post above and I kind of agree with you, but if money was any object to Madrid they wouldn't do this. They have a more limited pit now because their Spanish government financiers are in a little trouble but clearly not so much trouble that they will have two players with a combined cost of £170 million euro.
Best player to play for the club and the clubs best player are two totally different things BTW.
Point being he was twice the player Bale is when he left and had achieved great things
Did you not read the first line?
'Interested'. He never said "i rejected Manchester United" or "I chose Spurs over United". And if he did say those words he'd be lying because we never got past the usual protocol of permission from his club.
This was said before we went to WHL this season:
Ferguson said: “We tried to buy him from Southampton and they turned us down. It was not the boy who turned us down, it was Southampton, then a few weeks later he signed for Tottenham."
And given the fact Sir Alex had nothing to save face about regarding Bale, you know because of those 5 Premier League titles won out of the last 7 and an array of top quality talent at his disposal regardless, I think I'm going to believe him.
"I believe the club is in talks to find a solution and we will see what happens."
Ancelotti on Bale
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Ancelotti on Bale
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This means the press will go into overdrive with Ronaldo to United stories over the coming weeks.
As much as Bale would be great not for £80m-90m especially after reading for the past couple of year about the debts blah blah blah and now a few of the same posters want us to splash out like a third of our debt on him! The cafe has gone mad waiting on players to sign!
United don't need to spend that amount of money.
Although Bale has improved way beyond imagination I think United have a gem in Zaha, who has the potential to be better playing a similar role.
Although Bale has improved way beyond imagination I think United have a gem in Zaha, who has the potential to be better playing a similar role.
I hope Spurs bite Madrid off. Rip them for as much as possible, not that it matters that Bale is not worth that amount!
I like your optimism, Sultan. I think Zaha is a better dribbler already.
Zaha could be amazing but it's too hard to tell. Bale's very good at what he does. We'll see over the coming seasons though I suppose. Of course it'll be hard for a United player to recieve recognition from anyone outside of United in England.
Wouldn't say he's fecking amazing. He is quality though. Not as good as the three you've mentioned above. And worth nowhere near the figures quoted. I'd like him at United but he's not the kind of player I'd go nuts about to see in a united shirt. For me, he's a bit overrated. More on Mata's level rather than the likes of messi or Ronaldo. And no one is going to lay 85 million for mata. The hype over bale has gotten ridiculous. Too many just go off highlights. His overall game requires much improvement.
Coming weeks?
Just a week to go.
'Plan' to unveil. Basically, when it doesn't happen, it was because something else came along and disrupted the plan, and not because the Sun were chatting absolute shite in the first place.
If Bale does end up signing for Real for a world record fee it can only be good news for those wishing for a Ronaldo United return. Knowing how Ronaldo is, he has to be the best, most loved and most expensive player in the world. For an inferior player to command a fee higher than his own will surely make Ronaldo unhappy. At United Ronaldo was a god, at Real he must feel he's not as appreciated.
I am sure Ronaldo is not as insecure as you are making him out to be.
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I'm no expert but that's a grammar fail right?
I'm no expert but that's a grammar fail right?
Yep.
It's a joke that the press can basically print out any lies they want and just get away with it. Really people should stop buying them.
AS reports it's done for 120m Euros and that Levy has asked not to be official until they have signed 3 players, including Soldado a Luis Suárez.
120m Euro's FFS that is a lot of money.
Does not make any difference if Spurs wait to make it official, any teams that knows Spurs are after a player will know they have a shed full of money to spend and will bump up any price.
Does not make any difference if Spurs wait to make it official, any teams that knows Spurs are after a player will know they have a shed full of money to spend and will bump up any price.
Like David Pleat, I feel this move maybe to early for him.
There is no way Suarez goes to Spurs..
120m € for Bale who had two good and one great season? Absolute madness.
But of course it might all be just the usual Spanish media bullshit.
But of course it might all be just the usual Spanish media bullshit.
How is he going to live upto his price tag? Ronaldo is going to outperform him every season by some distance. €120m
Don't know what the Madrid fans are going to be expecting when Bale arrives for £85m+ but another Ronaldo it wont be.
I would be surprised. Liverpool to Spurs would not make sense.
I cannot believe that they are paying £105m for him. I just can't see it.
What has Pogba done to merit a 30m valuation?
Most of that 120 mil will be recouped from shirt sales.
I saw somewhere on the Internet that Barca have sold 570 000 Neymar shirts worth of 100 euros, which means they had already made the 57 million they spent.
I saw somewhere on the Internet that Barca have sold 570 000 Neymar shirts worth of 100 euros, which means they had already made the 57 million they spent.
Sounds legit!
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