Agree with that but at a bigger stage in Madrid and better players around him he looks a little limited to me. It's far from certain he'd be as influental as his last season at Spurs. For the money touted thats not the player I'd want.
Gareth Bale
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There's not a single chance he'd cost £120 million, especially after this season. £50m is a more realistic price and I'd happily pay it.
I think £50m is just as unrealistic. It'd be a massive knock to Pérez's ego if he had to take a £30m(?) loss on Bale after 2 seasons.
Depends who they buy. If they get Reus for under £30m it could easily be spun positively.
When you sell Di Maria, Ozil and Higuain for £40-60m, you don't sell Bale to a Premier League club for £50m.
Why spin it when you could just get £80-100m out of team willing to overpay for almost every player they've bought in the last 2 years.
If they get Reus I think he could handle that "massive" knock to his ego. Not saying 50 million would be enough, but no way in hell I'd pay more than 60 million pounds for a Bale right now.
I don't think Bale is particularly better than Ozil or Di Maria, certainly not at the time of sale (Ozil bring the best number 10 in the world and Di Maria being the best attacking midfielder at the time).
We don't know what the price would be but anything over £50m is a no for me. This is just my personal view but the Bale at Madrid I'm no huge fan of.
I group Bale with Fabregas (and maybe a few others.. can't think right now) who are just better players in the Premier League.
Bar a serious injury, or a bad run of injuries, I see nothing to prevent Bale continuing exactly what he was doing at Tottenham - regardless of who he joined. This league suits him and he'd thrive on being the main man (or at least having the freedom/responsibility to play a bit more) again.
Would be a no-brainer for £50 - £60 million, in my opinion. Plus he'd be the new 'face' of United for the next four or five years, which would delight Woodward I'm sure.
Yup, it would also improve Di Maria too - he has that 'I feel like the man main role' vibe going on when he's far more of a top class second in command player. I'm not Bale's biggest fan, but if we are going to spunk big money in the summer, it may well be on a 25 year old with bundles of pace who has already proven himself to be brilliant in this league.
@luckyspurs What was Bale in a huff about
The players he would be playing with currently at United are a step down from those at Real so maybe, as the star, he would be back to his very best.
Absolutely perfect signing for us. We need pace and goals.
bale is perfect for United, even before his move. I see no reason to think he's got worse as a player, in fact he's proven a match winner on the biggest games.
50-60m easily!
50-60m easily!
He'd be great! Could do a job on either wing or play as a wing-back if LvG persist with 5 at the back. He'd hardly need to adjust to the league. On the downside, his signing could have a negative effect on Januzaj' career.
We were actually prepared to pay around 80 Million last year.
We were actually prepared to pay around 80 Million last year.
Let's not forget the exchange rate. I don't think 50m will be enough either, but 70m now is slightly more in euros than 80m was when they bought him.
I think if we bought Bale he'd probably play up top as a striker.
Bale and di Maria as strikers, RVP in the hole, Rooney, Fellaini and Jones in midfield, Valencia, Young, Blind and Carrick at the back
Bale and di Maria as strikers, RVP in the hole, Rooney, Fellaini and Jones in midfield, Valencia, Young, Blind and Carrick at the back
I actually wasn't being sarcastic, If we stick with the diamond to get the best out of Di Maria then Bale would be used up top as one of the front 2, a role he has played at times for Real and Wales.
I actually wouldn't mind that. He was pretty much a free-roaming forward at Tottenham.
He'd score 20 + goals up front.
Id love to see him ay United, up top in a 433. No way is he worth £120m though.
I know, I was just kidding. I do think Bale is better suited for the 'Robben' role that LVG tried to get di Maria playing. Bale instead of Falcao or RVP up front would give us the pace we need in the position.
New face of the club.....from orang-utan to chimp, some kind of simian fetishist in our marketing department maybe?
assuming this was happening, is there any way United could hold them to ransom? Ie a lower price if they're desperate to sign someone else on the strength of the sale? Or would the likes of city or PSG jump in?
Out of interest, who exactly on here do you think will have the answer to that?
No idea
Makes me laugh when I see people saying that he fits perfectly at United. Maybe some of you haven't noticed that we no longer play the direct wing based style. We have now an approach that is mainly based(or at least is intended to) on fast passing and technical ability.
Bale is a fantastic player, but he is suited to a fast paced, counter-attacking team, like last year's Madrid.
Also, if we really are interested into buying a winger, it would be ridiculous to spend so much money on Bale when Reus is available at a quarter of the money.
Bale is a fantastic player, but he is suited to a fast paced, counter-attacking team, like last year's Madrid.
Also, if we really are interested into buying a winger, it would be ridiculous to spend so much money on Bale when Reus is available at a quarter of the money.
I'd say he suited to Tottenham's style under Villas Boas just as much, if not more. If we played a better version of that (and the approaches/styles aren't that different) he'd be great here.
He's suited to any style of football really. He's fast but still capable of tearing teams apart when the game is congested. He showed that in his final season. You put him in any of the top four or five teams in the league and despite their different approaches, I think he'd still do the business.
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I agree, I am not as into this idea as many seem to be as I have an uneasy feeling that it will involve De Gea going the other way, but if he did come then trying to use him in the Robben role, despite not being as skillful, would be the best use of him.
People keep saying this but we can't make Reus come here and it was mentioned during Dortmund's came the other night that he has indicated he doesn't want to play in the PL and favours a move to Spain.
He's perfect match for our team,can play on either wing.With LVG looking for pace upfront singing Bale make sense.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...rid-boos-do-not-mean-the-end-of-bernabeu-stay
All these reports about Bale being booed by sections of Madrid support, and Ancelotti and others coming out publicly to defend him play right into our hands.
An unhappy player will drive the price of the transfer down, as the selling team cannot be sure if his performance will eventually suffer and fans begin to pressure the manager to drop the player. At some point if this were to continue they will consider themselves better off to sell him. All of which puts us in a better bidding position.
I say the more this goes on, the more it looks like instead of 120m we can get it down closer to what Madrid paid for him (100m) or even lower. Which for me is worth it any day of the week, as he's a player that has everything and can be here for years to come.
All these reports about Bale being booed by sections of Madrid support, and Ancelotti and others coming out publicly to defend him play right into our hands.
An unhappy player will drive the price of the transfer down, as the selling team cannot be sure if his performance will eventually suffer and fans begin to pressure the manager to drop the player. At some point if this were to continue they will consider themselves better off to sell him. All of which puts us in a better bidding position.
I say the more this goes on, the more it looks like instead of 120m we can get it down closer to what Madrid paid for him (100m) or even lower. Which for me is worth it any day of the week, as he's a player that has everything and can be here for years to come.
If we can get bale here we should get it done. If that means losing DDG so be it. Honestly, having watched him in recent weeks i think his all round game is improving. Certainly doesn't look as bad as it did last season, anyways, any player that is the game breaker of the quality he is can have the worst all round game and 'touch' for all i care. I think the madrid fans are being ridiculous. These selfish plays of his aren't even that bad, the big problem is he isn't scoring the chance.
Would make an instant improvement to United. Would compliment Di Maria, add pace and the unpredictability we are missing. The only draw back is the price, if we can buy him for a decent price and he is willing to come and Madrid willing to sell. Then I'd be gutted if we didn't sign him. But in all honesty this transfer like Pogba has next to no chance of happening.
There's a strong possibility that Bale can leave this summer...
All because of Pogba. If the Frenchman joins Madrid, I guess that they'll have to sell Bale (rather than Modric) to accommodate Pogba to their system, and James will play on a wing.
Selling Bale around 100 to buy Pogba 80 would be a good operation for Madrid.
But I wouldn’t like to have Bale for 100m€. Too expensive and with this kind of money we can have to marvelous players in Reus and Vidal for example
But if we manage to do “a la Chelsea” and we can sell one or two players in order to add funds to buy Bale, why not. I think that Mata/RVP can be sold without really affect us no?
I cannot believe anyone doubts this would be a massive coup for United.
He would instantly make our attack much stronger. We would have an actual match winner.
Him and Di Maria on the wings would be devastating.
I would take him for 100m Euros. The exchange rate is favourable for us right now. He would be worth it.
He would instantly make our attack much stronger. We would have an actual match winner.
Him and Di Maria on the wings would be devastating.
I would take him for 100m Euros. The exchange rate is favourable for us right now. He would be worth it.
*Scooby voice* hu-really???
Does anybody honestly feel the fans and media pressure might drive him out ? I find it hard to believe but if he is going to be the scapegoat every time they lose I guess its not impossible
Getting Reus is the hard part though
I do think the same, but he should as well have expected it. With a 100M move when he's only worth half that to the biggest club in the world, he's expected to be his absolute best every game he plays. I wouldn't fault others for expecting that of him.
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