Gareth Bale Transfer Speculation | Done

[Sandikan]

Tottenham are obviously being quite wise about this whole deal, as if they sign Willian, that's them breaking their record 3 times in 1 window!
17,26 and 30m?

Spend the money before it's 100% blatant to everyone that they have 90m + handy

 

[Hal9000]

If Spurs sell now, they have probably strengthened there squad to a team that could possibly challenge for the title, whilst pretty much not spending a penny.

 

[Kraftwerker]

If Spurs sell now, they have probably strengthened there squad to a team that could possibly challenge for the title, whilst pretty much not spending a penny.

You're forgetting about defending.

 

[Sandikan]

If Spurs sell now, they have probably strengthened there squad to a team that could possibly challenge for the title, whilst pretty much not spending a penny.

You've got to be kidding. They won't get top 3. No chance at all.

 

[Brightonian]

If Spurs sell now, they have probably strengthened there squad to a team that could possibly challenge for the title, whilst pretty much not spending a penny.

If they don't sell, they've done some excellent strengthening, enough to make them favourites for 4th and challengers for 3rd.

If they do, they've probably done enough that they'll still have a good chance of making 4th.

Don't underestimate how important Bale was to them last season, or the gulf of quality at the moment between the top three and those fighting over the last CL spot.

 

[NM]

Tottenham are obviously being quite wise about this whole deal, as if they sign Willian, that's them breaking their record 3 times in 1 window!
17,26 and 30m?

Spend the money before it's 100% blatant to everyone that they have 90m + handy

You think the football world would be unaware of a deal that big?

 

[Care_de_Bobo]

You're forgetting about defending.

Sandro and Kaboul coming back from injury should make a big difference.

 

[vanthaman]

You think the football world would be unaware of a deal that big?

He means they are spending the money now while "rejecting" bids for bale even though a deal has most likely been struck for bale. Once they've finished their spending bale will be sold

 

[NM]

He means they are spending the money now while "rejecting" bids for bale even though a deal has most likely been struck for bale. Once they've finished their spending bale will be sold

I know that, but it makes no sense to me. Chairmen are going to know about the Bale deal. They are also going to wonder where Spurs are getting the money from. Breaking your own record 3 years in a row with no rich foreign owner or CL place. It is pretty damn obvious to other clubs that Bale will be sold to fund it.

 

[gulli_G]

hopefully they'll win a few london derby's that were too easy for mourinhio last time around, we had harder challenging northwest derbys

 

[CnutOfAllCnuts]

Almost £100m for Gareth Bale!

Madness!

People talk about Chelsea and City ruining football. Real are just as bad.

 

[GlastonSpur]

He means they are spending the money now while "rejecting" bids for bale even though a deal has most likely been struck for bale. Once they've finished their spending bale will be sold

Our spending is not contingent on Bale being sold.

 

[KingEric7]

The way Spurs are going at the minute, they could become a bit of a force to be reckoned with if they sell Bale and use those funds to strengthen more areas of the squad. There's obviously the fact that they'll have to bed these players in but it all looks very smart business on the surface of things.

 

[RedSky]

The way Spurs are going at the minute, they could become a bit of a force to be reckoned with if they sell Bale and use those funds to strengthen more areas of the squad. There's obviously the fact that they'll have to bed these players in but it all looks very smart business on the surface of things.

Short term pain, long term gain.

 

[LondonRed]

Our spending is not contingent on Bale being sold.

I'd agree that's true but I would also wager that this window has put you further away from that stadium though, not to mention a vastly increased wage bill.

I'd say it's a calculated gamble. 3 seasons of cl football and it's all worth it

 

[peterstorey]

Our spending is not contingent on Bale being sold.

Levy's not spending like that without anticipating Bale money.

 

[Rozay]

Yeah agreed, much as I love Ronnie he's the kind of egotistical dickhead who would resent a player being bought for a higher fee than him. Especially given all the comparisons between Bale and Ronaldo, the latter just wouldn't get along with him, and wouldn't want to. That's to say nothing of his frustration when they continually run into each other on the pitch, because there's no way those two can play in the same team. They do the same thing, only Ronaldo does it much better.

Hypothesis and most likely, hyperbolic too. You have no real idea of how he would react. 'Wouldn't get along with him and wouldn't want to' is a laughable statement for a bloke from the internet.

 

[Rozay]

Almost £100m for Gareth Bale!

Madness!

People talk about Chelsea and City ruining football. Real are just as bad.

Not all Real's fault, simply market forces. Why has Levy priced him at that price?

 

[F-Red]

Levy's not spending like that without anticipating Bale money.

Agreed. Most years Levy's net spend looks either favourable or cuts even. This season he's spent big (some might say, paid over the odds) on players. For a tight arse like him, he's not going to spend without expecting something hefty coming in.

 

[alastair]

Surely there's no way Spurs can afford to spend £90m in one summer with no Bale sale?

 

[Red Dreams]

let this be true....it means Ronaldo is coming back

 

[Shane88]

let this be true....it means Ronaldo is coming back

No it doesn't.

 

[SteveJ]

Some say that he sleeps under a hillside, awaiting the time when United is most in peril...

 

[pocco]

Not all Real's fault, simply market forces. Why has Levy priced him at that price?

If he can get it then why not? He's smart for investing the money prior to selling Bale. At least he won't get held to ransom, which he would when clubs know he's got all that money in the bank.

 

[GlastonSpur]

Surely there's no way Spurs can afford to spend £90m in one summer with no Bale sale?

We've received around £27m from player sales so far this window, so even with Willian that £90m reduces to around £63m net spend. We can afford this because we've spent very little in net terms for several recent windows and we don't spend so much money on wages as some other clubs.

There are other factors too, such as shirt sponsorship deals that have again improved this summer, plus the extra TV money that all clubs will get this season (and for the next two after that).

However, IF RM come up with the fabled mega dosh then I'd expect Levy to take it. But behind the scenes RM have financial problems looming and there remain doubts that they actually can find the money except on a "never-never" instalment basis which Spurs won't accept.

Basically, Levy won't gamble on RM coming up with the goods. So if we're spending money now it's because we can afford it regardless.

 

[Relevated]

so is a about to become a rich mans ronaldo

 

[walsh]

This whole saga (that's what we call them, right?) is just making me think of playing FM when someone makes a bid for your best player and you go "yeah, sure mate, give me £100m and he's yours" except you aren't greeted by a message the next day saying "Team X have withdrawn their bid."

 

[Raoul]

We've received around £27m from player sales so far this window, so even with Willian that £90m reduces to around £63m net spend. We can afford this because we've spent very little in net terms for several recent windows and we don't spend so much money on wages as some other clubs.

There are other factors too, such as shirt sponsorship deals that have again improved this summer, plus the extra TV money that all clubs will get this season (and for the next two after that).

However, IF RM come up with the fabled mega dosh then I'd expect Levy to take it. But behind the scenes RM have financial problems looming and there remain doubts that they actually can find the money except on a "never-never" instalment basis which Spurs won't accept.

Basically, Levy won't gamble on RM coming up with the goods. So if we're spending money now it's because we can afford it regardless.

I'd imagine Levy will recoup much of what he has spent this summer without needing to sell Bale, through making the knockout stages of the CL next year.

 

[Dominos]

I'd love for someone to dig up some Glaston quotes because I know this below is contradicted a lot of what he's said, from categorically stating Bale will not be sold, to Levy turning down all offers to Bale having signed a new contract...

However, IF RM come up with the fabled mega dosh then I'd expect Levy to take it.

 

[Ryan's Beard]

'Of all people'? Really? I can think of a lot worse players than him to be fair.

So can I but how many worse players can you think of that are being touted to move to Real Madrid for this amount of money and perhaps therefore negatively impact on Ronaldo's position there.

Bale's not bad but for Christ's sake he's hardly good enough to stumble along drooling behind Ronaldo.

 

[Hal9000]

We've received around £27m from player sales so far this window, so even with Willian that £90m reduces to around £63m net spend. We can afford this because we've spent very little in net terms for several recent windows and we don't spend so much money on wages as some other clubs.

There are other factors too, such as shirt sponsorship deals that have again improved this summer, plus the extra TV money that all clubs will get this season (and for the next two after that).

However, IF RM come up with the fabled mega dosh then I'd expect Levy to take it. But behind the scenes RM have financial problems looming and there remain doubts that they actually can find the money except on a "never-never" instalment basis which Spurs won't accept.

Basically, Levy won't gamble on RM coming up with the goods. So if we're spending money now it's because we can afford it regardless.

They'll have the cash from when the sell Ronaldo back to us.

 

[Sarni]

I'd love for someone to dig up some Glaston quotes because I know this below is contradicted a lot of what he's said, from categorically stating Bale will not be sold, to Levy turning down all offers to Bale having signed a new contract...

I know he said that Danny boy wouldn't let Bale go for less than £162m.

 

[Sky1981]

To be fair, even at 50M levy will sell him

Let's be honest, Spurs are not gonna win the league, and that 50M is too good of an offer if true

Bale is good, but not 50M good to keep for Spurs.

 

[JmRssll555]

To be fair, even at 50M levy will sell him

Let's be honest, Spurs are not gonna win the league, and that 50M is too good of an offer if true

Bale is good, but not 50M good to keep for Spurs.

You don't think Madrid would already have got him if Levy would sell for £50 million?

Earlier in the summer I made a similar point, however as time wears on, it's clear that Levy isn't going to be forced into selling for an "average" sum. He's going to milk Madrid for every last penny he can get, and fair play to him for doing that - it is his job, of course.

He'll end up going for close to the fees being reported in the media. I don't think he's worth that though, and I would hope that if he were available for somewhere in the region of £50 million that we would have made our interest known to Spurs too.

 

[backofthenet]

You don't think Madrid would already have got him if Levy would sell for £50 million?

Earlier in the summer I made a similar point, however as time wears on, it's clear that Levy isn't going to be forced into selling for an "average" sum. He's going to milk Madrid for every last penny he can get, and fair play to him for doing that - it is his job, of course.

He'll end up going for close to the fees being reported in the media. I don't think he's worth that though, and I would hope that if he were available for somewhere in the region of £50 million that we would have made our interest known to Spurs too.

Levy wouldn't have sold to us irrespective of whether we matched the Real Madrid bid. Our best bet to get Bale is to wait a couple of years and then get him when the next clear out occurs.

 

[JmRssll555]

Levy wouldn't have sold to us irrespective of whether we matched the Real Madrid bid. Our best bet to get Bale is to wait a couple of years and then get him when the next clear out occurs.

Of course as a "rival" to Spurs - at least from their perspective - we would have had difficulty in making a successful bid for Bale. However, if he goes for somewhere near £50 million we should definitely have asked the question of them, it would be crazy not to do so.

 

[Sandikan]

To be fair, even at 50M levy will sell him

Let's be honest, Spurs are not gonna win the league, and that 50M is too good of an offer if true

Bale is good, but not 50M good to keep for Spurs.

50m? The figures talked are in the 80-90 category!?

 

[Massive Spanner]

We'd have been interested at £50m for sure, but Levy would've probably just bumped the price up to £70m especially for us, this was never a goer for us, not as soon as Real became interested in him.

 

[AngeloHenriquez]

Currently, it isn't anything more than speculation am I right in thinking? IN terms of this 93incl Contraeo?

 

[Mister Ed]

Almost £100m for Gareth Bale!

Madness!

People talk about Chelsea and City ruining football. Real are just as bad.

Indeed

-Ronaldo (£80 M)
-Benzema (£35 M)
-Alonso (£30 M)
-Kaka (£60 M)
-Coentrao (£25 M)
-Di Maria ( £25 M)
-Ozil (£12.5 M)
-Khedira (£12.5 M)
-Modric (£33 M)
-Illaramendi (£33 M)
-Isco (£25 M)
-Most likely Bale (£80M + Coentrao)

That is about £465 M that they'v spend on their squad over the years ! It discusting really. Especially if you know the money is coming from bank support and an unfair tv-deal in the La Liga competition.

They have always been a club to spend, spend spend and spend some more. If they get Bale, they will be the club that holds all 3 transfer records, first for Zinedin Zidane, broke that one for Christiano Ronaldo, gone break that one for Bale....

But are they winning anything ? CL ? La Liga ?

Worst is, every year they spend a fortune on players they don't really need. They just buy what is hot in the market, they always want the new toy. Actually it has been more controlled when Mourinho took charge, they did some intelligent deals for Ozil and Khedira that really imrpoved them and didn't cost much money. But alot of those deals are for players, they really don't need. Most of them fuelled by Perez and his desire for showmanship, he always wants to show Real can get whoever they want, its more about prestige than anything for this guy. They didn't have a need for Modric, they don't for Illaramendi, they don't for Bale. Yet they spend fortunes on them. Absolutely frustrating seeing them gather so many good player, most of them end up on the bench, while they could have been pivotal for another team.