Gareth Bale is seeing returning to the Premier League after seven years with the Spanish champions.
Gareth Bale is seeing returning to the Premier League after seven years with the Spanish champions. The 31-year-old along with Sergio Reguilon booked the same private jet to fly from Madrid to London.
The duo are set to put the finishing touches to their transfers from Real Madrid to Tottenham Hotspur.
According to the Guardian, Bale will arrive on a one-year loan and continue to earn his basic £600,000-a-week wage.
Real will also be paying a percentage of it which will make the Wales winger the highest-paid player in the Premier League.
As for Reguilón, the 23-year-old left-back who excelled on loan for Sevilla during their Europa League-winning season last season will join for £27.6m on a long-term contract.
Both have completed their medicals in Madrid in line with COVID-19 guidance. Seeing the supposed move, netizens talk about how Manchester United's attempt to get another player goes waste. They also talk about how Bale's replacement in Spurs is Bale himself.
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Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho had refused to confirm on Wednesday whether the north London club were in talks to re-sign GarethBale from Real Madrid.
Bale's agent said on Tuesday that both clubs and the Welsh winger's camp were discussing a potential arrangement which would see the 31-year-old return to the Premier League after seven years with the Spanish champions.
Mourinho said he tried to sign Bale when he was in charge of Real Madrid from 2010 to 2013. The Wales international was also regularly linked with a move to Manchester United when Mourinho was at the helm at Old Trafford.
"Gareth Bale is a Real Madrid player and I don't talk about players from other clubs," Mourinho told reporters ahead of Thursday's Europa League qualifier against Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
"It's not my job to have contact with agents and I don't want to comment. I don't comment on hypothetical stuff. I tried to sign him during my time at Real Madrid and the president followed my instinct and knowledge and the season I left, he brought Gareth to the club. That's no secret and Gareth knows that."
Bale had said earlier this month that he would be open to a move back to the Premier League if Real Madrid sanctioned a transfer.
Spurs have also been linked with Real left-back Sergio Reguilon, with British media reporting the 23-year-old Spain international is set to make the switch for 30 million euros ($35.62 million).
Mourinho added that he has informed club chairman Daniel Levy about his transfer plans "three or four times" and that players could also leave Spurs before the transfer window closes on Oct. 5.
"A squad is a puzzle and when a new signing completes the puzzle it's great for the team," the Portuguese manager added.
"Three more weeks, the market is open both ways. I think in football you have to be always waiting for something to happen. Let's see what happens to us. I never liked to start the competition with an open transfer window."
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Earlier, when Real Madrid had defeated Villareal 2-1 to seal the La Liga 2019-20 title on July 16, Bale was spotted halfheartedly participating in the post-match celebrations.
Fans had immediately picked up on it and expressed their thoughts on how Bale isn't even interested in being there.
Bale was also not part of the playing XI for the International Champions Cup clash against Bayern Munich. When asked why Reall Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane had said that Bale was close to leaving the club.
Asked why Bale was left out of the squad on Saturday, Zidane told reporters: "Bale did not play because he is very close to leaving.
"We hope he leaves soon, it would be best for everyone. We are working on his transfer to a new team," according to Goal.com.
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