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Kaveh solhekol
Sky Sports News reporter
Tottenham prepared to pay around £ 20 million in salaries and loan fees to bring the former star back to the club
Last Updated: 09/17/20 12:04 am
Gareth Bale left Tottenham for Real Madrid in 2013
Tottenham is close to reaching an agreement to sign Gareth Bale on loan from Real Madrid.
Bale is waiting in Madrid for the green light to fly to London to sign the contract that will see him return to the club he left behind in a world record transfer of £ 86 million seven years ago.
Lawyers in Spain and England are working on drafting contracts that will make Bale a Spurs player again on a one-season loan deal. The Spurs agreed to pay around £ 20 million in salaries and loan fees.
Bale is eager to play for a club where he believes he will once again be respected and appreciated.
Although he played for Wales twice this month, he is not fully fit and is expected to take a month to get back to his best level.
1:45 Sky Sports News’s Kaveh Solhekol says he’s been told it will be a month before Bale is fully fit and back to his best.
A source close to the negotiations says that progress is slow at the moment, but there is an expectation from all parties that a deal will be completed. When asked if Bale would soon become a Spurs player, the source said: “Of course.”
Real Madrid agreed to let him go on loan to take his £ 500,000 weekly salary off their books and Tottenham have done their best to sign him this week.
In addition to being frozen by Zinedine Zidane, Bale has had a difficult relationship with the Spanish media and Real fans, and is eager to start again at Spurs.
Manchester United considered making a move for him as a backup option for Jadon Sancho, but they made no offer, even though they have tried to sign him numerous times since he was in Southampton 13 years ago.
Where would Bale fit in on the Spurs?
Bale has enjoyed much of his success on the right wing, and despite those infamous chants from White Hart Lane that remind Harry Redknapp that he ‘plays on the left’, this is where the 31-year-old forward would expect him to. they will deploy it in their return to the Premier League.
1:55 Sky Sports News’ Dharmesh Sheth discusses whether Tottenham could have stolen the limelight from rivals Arsenal, as their interest in Bale was revealed hours after the Gunners announced that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had signed a new contract.
In the fall of his career, those bursts of pace on the outside are likely to become less frequent, but Bale is sure to retain the ability to cut inside and find enough room to shoot from afar with his favorite left foot, which he does. better than almost anyone.
In the final season of his first spell with Spurs, Bale scored no fewer than nine Premier League goals from outside the box, which were as many as the top two players who followed that season together. In fact, no one has come close to matching that number since.
For José Mourinho at Tottenham, the sense of urgency is more acute. Lucas Moura remains a popular figure given his heroics in the Champions League semi-finals in Amsterdam, but now there are question marks about his departure on the right flank and the acquisition of Bale would represent a significant improvement.
Suggestions are that Spurs would still be interested in signing a forward in addition to Bale, but there is also the intriguing possibility that the Welshman could replace Harry Kane if the England captain faces the kind of firing that hampered his activity. last season.
3:10 Sky Sports News reporters Dharmesh Sheth and Kaveh Solhekol explain why Manchester United never began ‘credible negotiations’ to sign Bale from Real Madrid
Bale would be a more robust presence than the alternatives and if his mobility deteriorates in the coming years, it’s tempting to think that he could make the kind of transition to that center-forward role that former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo did without a hitch.
Analysis: ‘The time has come for Bale to leave Madrid’
1:17 Gareth Bale, who comes to Tottenham from Real Madrid, would be suitable for all parties, according to the former president of the Spanish club, Ramón Calderón.
Former Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón told Sky Sports: “If it’s Tottenham that he wants to go to, I’m sure he will go there. I don’t have personal knowledge of his intentions or the terms of the deal, but apparently it seems to be Tottenham.
“Sometimes, when the salary of the player who wants to leave Real Madrid is very high, we have shared part of that salary but I don’t know if it will be like that now.
“He came here being the MVP of Tottenham, but now the point is to see if he can recover his time as a good player because it is clear that Zinedine Zidane does not have him. It is time to end this situation and for me it is the best time to to do that.
“I guess it will be [a permanent deal]. He has two years left on his contract, so if he leaves this season, I think he will stay at the new club for the rest of his career. He has three or four more years at a good level, so if he goes to Tottenham he might end his career there.
“I don’t know if Dele Alli will be part of the deal, but I don’t think Tottenham wants to let him go as he is a very good player. Any big team would want to have him on their side.”
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