14 Jan 2015 09:17:48
Telegr@ph reporting that we've bid 117mil for Gareth Bale, Any truth to this???

{Ed002's Note - I am not aware of a bid having been made at this time. He is of course available but typically clubs would not rush in with such a bid - there would be considerable discussion first.}

1.) 14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015 09:52:42
This was a story released in Spain a week or so ago. The reason I think think it's nonsense is due to the price. Why would anyone bid €150m (£117) for a player RM paid just £86m for. He's obviously seen as a flop to RM else they wouldn't be selling him, so why would we offer an extra £31m for him? I think if we were to bid, it would be around the £65m/£70m mark.

2.) 14 Jan 2015
I disagree Sydney. I agree in principle that we shouldn't bid more. But I think that the only way we will get our man is if we bid over the odds because RM's valuation would be very high. I think the £95 million mark is probably more realistic, but this £117 million figure could include performance related bonuses. I highly doubt a bid in January would be likely anyway, never the less, I would love it to happen as we would have two world class, young wingers then in Di Maria and Bale who know each others games well. Januzaj would wave that number 11 shirt bye bye though.

3.) 14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015 10:45:23
I would assume Bale would only come if we made it in the top 4 and/or massive wages.

4.) 14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015 10:50:44
Bale isn't worth £95m, he wasn't worth £86m and RM wouldn't have paid that had they not agreed a very favourable pay structure with Spurs. £65m/£70m tops and that's including bonuses. I put him slightly above or on par with Di Maria and we paid £60m for Di Maria. The £117m rumours are hilarious IMO. Next they will be saying we have bid £50m for Modric.

5.) 14 Jan 2015
That is the going rate though for top players Sydney. Look at the prices players like David Luiz have gone for. Yes, Bale is not worth it, but did we not bid £150 million in the summer?

6.) 14 Jan 2015
No, of course we did not bid £150m in the summer.

7.) 14 Jan 2015
Sydney, a players worth can only really be quantified by what someone else is willing to pay for them. I don't see why it bothers you so much, it isn't your money that will pay for Bale should this happen.

8.) 14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015 12:08:25
TOT, I am merely stating why I believe the story to be nonsense. On the basis that MU or any other club with half a brain between them simply wouldn't offer RM £117m for Bale. For the same reasons we wouldn't offer Roma £60m for Strootman or Dortmund £70m for Hummels or Everton £40m for Coleman. Because they aren't worth that amount of money.

9.) 14 Jan 2015
As if we bid £150 million but they took £86 off Real Madrid. That would be shocking business from Tottenham!

10.) 14 Jan 2015
Maybe not those figures for those players but we did pay 30 million for Shaw 28 million for Fellaini and 38 million for Mata which are all more than most people would assume they were worth.

11.) 14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015 15:14:48
None of those fees are surprising in the slightest. Fellaini was always linked to a £30m move to us or Chelsea. Shaw was always going to cost a bomb due to his potential and the fact he's a young Englishman with so many clubs interested in him. 99.99% of MU fans would have bitten arms off for Mata at that price at the time. Hindsight is different of course, but at the time all these players went for fees that was not surprising.

12.) 14 Jan 2015
14 Jan 2015 20:31:38
Bale definitely isn't worth 117m just be outragous if any club were to chuck a bid in of that price I agree that he's on par with the likes of di Maria there's a few better players I could think of for less money

13.) 17 Jan 2015
17 Jan 2015 02:19:19
I doubt Chelsea were interested in Fellaini.