The perfect Woodward target. Expensive, unattainable, and quite good. "Well, we tried to sign the best players in the world!"
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Nothing. I'm not laughing at you, just at the idea that £110m + Hernandez is being bandied around.
Bale isn't worth the money being branded around and there is no way Levy would let him go for fair price.
Real will pay a crazy amount, they always do. If they can pay 30mil+ for an Illaramendi, why shouldnt Levy hold out for more than double for Bale?
£70 million with a large part of it up front + Nani. More than likely bullshit but how would people feel about that?
Is he £70m better than Nani?
No.
No.
Nani should not be part of any deal. Young or Valencia yes, Nani no.
Send Young if they are all on form Nani is far and away our best winger!
There's no way that's true. Nonsensical.
They would pay double that for Bale, and some more. It's paying 4x a Illarramendi (or an Isco, or a Modric), or a Ronaldo + a Zidane, they're supposed to be debating.
On the will they be embarrassed if the deal doesn't run; no, they don't always get their man. They'll say something like, "The player would have liked to come, and we would have been happy to grant his wish, but the clubs could not agree terms. We must respect that decision." It's how they play.
I can see why Woodward might look at this situation. If there's the slightest possibility that we could get him ahead of Madrid then it would be the ultimate marque signing in terms of puffing our financial chests out. The only way this could happen however is if we could include Rooney in the deal. However even if we value him at 40m then Levy would want 60m cash to go with it. If we can structure that better than Madrid there's a chance, but it's a massive IF. Really can't see it happening.
It'd be insanity if they bid close to 100mil. Absolute insanity.
If they want him, they'l get him eventually though. I dont see Levy selling to an english club unless the offer's much better than Real and I dont see any english club doing that.
Rooney wouldnt move to a club without CL football though..
I quite like those terms, actually.
Nani + 70m?
It's an interesting bid, particularly if Nani wants the move rather than a new contract.
But why would independent.ie get the story first - unless of course they're just sat around brainstorming something somewhat plausible.
I wonder if Spurs would like it.
It's an interesting bid, particularly if Nani wants the move rather than a new contract.
But why would independent.ie get the story first - unless of course they're just sat around brainstorming something somewhat plausible.
I wonder if Spurs would like it.
It's bullshit. I'm not one for smokescreens but this reeks of a Levy one, using a makey up bid from us to pressurise Madrid.
I think it reeks more of the press needing a new story to fixate on, now that Bale-to-RM has gone a bit stale.
I asked a while back if it was true that Real still owed £33M of the Modric fee (if anyone can confirm this , please do).
I'm pretty sure that if this was the case, Levy would be loathe to extend their credit by a further £60-85 million.
As has been said, it is a shame Rooney would probably refuse Spurs, him plus hard cash could strengthen our chances.
Having said that, I wouldn't be in favour of losing Chicharito or Nani, either, so we'd probably be looking at a cash only deal, and I can't see us ever meeting Spur's valuation.
This seems to be heading towards Bale having to see out his contract(2016?), or at least getting to his final year (2015?)
I'm pretty sure that if this was the case, Levy would be loathe to extend their credit by a further £60-85 million.
As has been said, it is a shame Rooney would probably refuse Spurs, him plus hard cash could strengthen our chances.
Having said that, I wouldn't be in favour of losing Chicharito or Nani, either, so we'd probably be looking at a cash only deal, and I can't see us ever meeting Spur's valuation.
This seems to be heading towards Bale having to see out his contract(2016?), or at least getting to his final year (2015?)
That wasn't a dig at Levy btw. I happen to think he's one of the shrewdest operators around and excellent at his job.
If this is true, I would be surprised if Levy ever began negotiations, let alone extend credit.
I wouldn't give a flying feck what we paid for him, it's the logic behind exchanging Nani as part of it that I'd find a bit mental.
Wait....£70 fecking million plus Nani? What? That's a terrible deal.
I'd rather Nani than Bale. feck Levy and his extortionate prices
Didn't he register that 11 of hearts site, if he comes here he'd have to wear the 7... daft cnut.
Good thing its just press making up bollocks then.
Yep.
I'll say he's a daft cnut... doesn't even know what cards make up a deck!
Well apparently Real offered 85+ some players not even a month ago and was rejected. Why the hell should Spurs accept lower valuation + Nani?
Well, time's running out if we are still preparing a bid for him
Because that was just Press nonsense. There has been a lot of it.
70 is bad enough for a player who's not Ronaldo or Messi. Let alone including Nani in any deal. I would gladly pay that for Cristiano, but never for Bale.
70 mill plus Nani 
What half a great season can lead to
What half a great season can lead to
Gareth Bale is not worth anywhere NEAR £70m+ no where near that. So he had a really good season and what? If he keeps this up for another 2 seasons or so, then maybe but his price has inflated waaaaay above his actual value because of a season full of wonder goals. feck that.
If Gareth Bale is worth £85 million, then Forrest Gump is worth at least £50million
IMO Gareth Bale' price tag should be around the same as Falcao and Cavanni.
Top class players but not in the Messi, CR7 bracket.
60 mill max.
Top class players but not in the Messi, CR7 bracket.
60 mill max.
I think the fee itself was 33m so I doubt they owe all of it. They are fond of stage payments though and they do like to leave payments right to the final demand deadline. When it comes to cashflow management they're a business.
70 mill plus Nani
What half a great season can lead to
To be fair, Nani has had other decent periods in the past too wink
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