Gareth Bale is free to join Real Madrid after Tottenham agreed a world record £86m deal with the Spanish giants on Sunday night. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy signed off the staggering move for the PFA Player of the Year following talks with directors in the boardroom at White Hart Lane. Bale’s transfer to Real beats the previous world record of £80m which Real paid to Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. Levy returned from talks in Madrid with Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett and Tottenham director offootball Franco Baldini to watch his club’s 1-0 victory over Swansea City after agreeing the deal. It is understood that the decision to travel to Madrid to meet Perez — who is known to revel in these situations — was part of a tactic designed to get the highest possible price.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:51:12 +0000
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