Day 160 of Quarantine: We've Settled for Keeping Bale - The Summer Transfer Thread

Mourinho: "I'm not going to comment on Gareth Bale. I tried to sign him for Real Madrid which was not possible during my time there. But the president followed my instinct and followed my knowledge and the season I left he brought Gareth to the club."

— Arancha Rodríguez (@AranchaMOBILE) September 16, 2020

Everything is about him with Mou. [emoji23]

 

Are we seriously not getting anyone this transfer window? Surely at least 1 new midfielder is needed?

 

I think Odegaard is enough. Surely would be nice to have a Casemiro replacement but who's really an option?

 

COPE: Bale talks between Spurs and Madrid will tough and completely different as opposed to Reguilon. It will be a transfer & who pays what % of his remaining salary will make the difference. Tottenham want Madrid to pay 50% & Real wants Spurs to pay 100% of his salary.

— M•A•J (@Ultra_Suristic) September 16, 2020

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Not really fussed about the % of wages, the important thing is to remove the Bale distraction from the team.

Love the Reguilon deal as we haven't severed ties with the player, a lot can change in two years. I personally think United was a better fit for the player from a sporting perspective but apparently Man U wouldn't allow buyback clause.

Doesn't look like we are signing anyone to cover for Casemiro, I'm beginning to think Valverde will be that guy when needed.

 

As good as we could have hoped honestly.

 

its doesn't in what way it will be done, we are going to get royally fu(ked with Bale.
even getting rid of him will be expensive for us, probably less than keeping him around, but still super expensive - so its just a matter of whether Zidane thinks that he is a bad influence to the team (I personally don't think so), or he rather have a super expensive bench player that can impact a game but seems to have no real desire to play for this team.
fu(ked up situation.

 

Gareth Bale's agent has told Sky Sports News the forward is as close as he has ever been to leaving Real Madrid since his then world-record transfer in 2013, with Tottenham edging closer to reaching an agreement.

"There's a long way to go on some issues, but without doubt Gareth is closer to leaving Madrid than at any time in last seven years," Bale's agent, Jonathan Barnett, told Sky Sports News.

"The deal is complicated, but there's reason to believe a deal is close and things could move very quickly if discussions continue to go well."

Tottenham are edging closer to agreeing a deal with Real Madrid to sign Gareth Bale.

— Sky Sports (@SkySports) September 16, 2020

 

Apparently, Spurs will pay wages in full. Real Madrid will cover bonuses.

EDIT: Can't find where I read this earlier now

 

I think we will keep the image rights % if it's a loan deal especially with RM covering his wages. His endorsement earnings is 5.5 M (was 11 M when we renewed his contract in 2016) according to Forbes and we probably have 40%(It was 40% for RM, 40% for the player and 20% for Gestifute with Ronaldo). I don't think Bale will take 25% wagecut. He knows club is desperate to get rid of him and will cover the rest of the salary Spurs won't pay. We still save around 15 ME in gross wages if Spurs pay 50%.

JFD on Marca said that. But no one else reporting it.

 

I think it's the Mourinho factor. With Danny Rose and Vertonghen gone Levy has to cough something up otherwise bringing in Mourinho is a waste of time. It's a problem position for them along with a more dyanmic midfield and a backup for the Harry Kane.

I think that fee would be appropriate for a LB regardless of COVID anyway.

 

Addressing Bale this season makes whatever business we intend to do next summer so much easier

Edit:

and the JM Wales NT fan's back and forth will be one for the ages

 

Love the Reguilon deal.

We get that 30m of cash injection and can sign him back, if he wants of course, for just 10m more than that.

Of course, in two years’ time, Marcelo is off the books and overall finances will have hopefully improved.

If we are expected to spend hundreds of millions on Mbappe and Camavinga next summer, signing back Reguilon at a likely market discount the following summer(2022) will be great business.

 

Offloading his wages, given our salary structure, will open up a lot of options for us next year, particularly if we need to give sizeable wages to someone like Mbappe.

 

Regarding Bale...

Just GTFO.

I don’t care how bad the deal is as long as we free up his wages for the next two seasons.

34m in wages off the books for the next 24 months would be gravy.

 

Martin Odegaard
Alvaro Odriozola
Andriy Lunin

Eden Hazard
Marco Asensio
Luka Jovic

Transfer cost: €0.00

 

hope hazard and Jovic second season is a complete turnaround

 

Tottenham and Real are talking about Bale salary [€17m/season]. Gareth is pushing to leave but it “needs time” because Real always asked 100% salary paid to loan out Bale. Mourinho approved the deal. ⚪️ #THFC

📲 More about Dele Alli and Bale-#MUFC links: https://t.co/KCcl7BGIVf

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 16, 2020

We’re trying to get 100% of Bale’s salary off the books.

Don Florentino!

 

It will be 50% on us.
Perez sucks at selling players.

 

impossible to get 100 off.. hope Flo will do max 30.