Ridiculous Money For Bale

[bibblebub]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/transfer-news-tottenham-accept-93mincluding-fabio-coentrao-offer-from-real-madrid-for-gareth-bale--reports-8776888.html

It is now strongly reported that a Real Madrid offer of £93m plus a left back for Gareth Bale is about to be accepted by Spurs.

Real Madrid have always splashed the money around, knowing that the banks aren't going to refuse them, but this must be the most ridiculous transfer fee of all time.

[Stephen_G]

It looks like spurs are going to sign Willian from Anzhi, for a fee thought to be £30 million

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23766730

They've also brought in:

Roberto Soldado (Valencia, £26m)
Paulinho (Corinthians, £17m)
Nacer Chadli (FC Twente, £7m)
Étienne Capoue (Toulouse, £9m)

And shipped out:

Steven Caulker (Cardiff, £8m)
Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders, £6m)
Tom Huddlestone (Hull, £5m)
John Bostock (Royal Antwerp, Free)
Jack Bartram, Nathan Byrne (both Swindon, Free)
Grant Hall, Massimo Luongo, Alex Pritchard, Ryan Mason (all Swindon, Loan)
Tomislav Gomelt (Royal Antwerp, Loan)
Bongani Khumalo (Doncaster, Loan)
Jake Livermore (Hull, Loan)
Adam Smith (Derby, Loan)
Scott Parker (Fulham, Undisclosed).
Released: David Bentley, William Gallas, Jack Munns, Jake Nicholson.

With the transfer of Willian (Although Sky Sports News are now reporting that the move might be hijacked), Spurs' spending will be close to £90 million. How will they balance the books if they DON'T sell Bale?

[bibblebub]

The performance in the current match against Tbilisi indicates that Spurs aren't going to miss him.

[bibblebub]

wow, 0-5 away from home, with 20 minutes to go - that's quite impressive in this sort of tie no matter what the opposition

[bibblebub]

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/real-madrid/transfer-talk/news/bale-to-sign-gbp97m-contract-with-madrid_100597.html

Latest report is that Bale will be paid £310,000 per week, which works out at £150,000 per week after taxes. Blimey.

[bednobs]

i've never even heard of him

[Jemisa]

They don't think in real money any more they think in 'Monopoly money'
& they live with the fairy's.