At the end of the 12/13 the rumors about the arrival at “Los Blancos” were growing bigger by the Spanish newspaper Marca and the English Daily Mail. The only problem was Daniel Levy, Spurs president, is a really hard business man and Real Madrid knew that since last season they had to reach an agreement to get Luka Modric in the last day of last year’s transfer window. The newspapers reported a 50 million euro bid but Daniel Levy didn’t agree with that sum and then the price spiraled into a £85 million bid matching Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer from Man Utd (the highest paid player in history) that was crazy for a player that hasn’t currently won any FIFA major prizes like the Ballon d’Or.
Still Levy didn’t want to let his player go and resulted in Gareth Bale to push the move. He decided to play just 1 preseason game and his actions were to let the club know that if he was not allowed to leave, he would not play for the following season. He failed to turn up to training for two consecutive days, just days before the transfer. Also, it was reported he was injured during the first pre-season game, but the excuse was believed to be used to cover up the imminent transfer to Real Madrid.
The sum kept on rising until it was and exaggerated amount of 130 million euros for Gareth Bale that would make him the most expensive player in football history taking over Cristiano Ronaldo’s (95 million) and Zinedine Zidane’s (80 million euros) transfer records. Today 02/09/2013 was the official presentation of the Welsh winger to “Los Blancos” with a deal near the 96 million euros that will be paid in installements via the next 3 seasons and the player will be earning 16 million euros per year for 6 years (more than Messi and Ronaldo). The “Madridistas” couldn’t hold their emotions when the player was presented today since the attacking part of the team built by Carlo Ancelotti that includes; Cristiano Ronaldo, Isco, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema; is the fastest, strongest and deadliest out there. I hope that the 96 million euros that was paid for him, is shown in the form of trophies and honours.
Aaron
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