Real Madrid smash record to sign Bale
Real Madrid have
confirmed the world-record signing of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspurs.
After almost two months
of assumption and negotiation, Real and Spurs both announced the transfer on
Sunday evening.
Press realize Real have
paid 100 million euros (£85.3million) for Gareth Bale's signature.
Real Madrid announced on
their website: "Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur have reached an
agreement for the transfer of Gareth Bale, who will be contracted to the club
for the next six seasons."
The contract is subject
to Bale passing a medical with the nine-time European champions, with all other
details set on.
Real say the
24-year-old will be presented as their new player at the Santiago Bernabeu on
Monday at midday UK time.
Tottenham Spurs had
been in discussion with Real for much of the summer and did not field him for
the 1-0 north London derby defeat against Arsenal earlier on Saturday.
Speaking after his side
lost 1-0 to Gunners at the Emirates Stadium, manager Andre Villas-Boas said of
Bale: "He is going to join Real Madrid so we wish him all the best.
"He is an extremely
magnificent player.
"He has left us
with few great memories from previous season which every Tottenham fan
cherishes, but he has moved on and we will move on as well."
Spurs had at first
resisted Real's advances, but chairman Daniel Levy explained he had no choice
but to let the Welshman go after the player's head was turned.
"Gareth Bale was
a player we had absolutely no purpose of selling as we look to construct for
the future," Levy told Tottenham's website.
"He is a player
whose career we have developed and he was only a year into his new four-year
contract.
"Such has been the notice
from Real Madrid and so great is Gareth's aspiration to join them, that we have
taken the sight that the player will not be suitably dedicated to our campaign
in the current season.
"We have,
therefore, with great unwillingness, agreed to this sale and do so in the
knowledge that we have an remarkably strong squad to which we have added no
fewer than seven top internationals. More significantly, we have an immense
team spirit and a dressing room that is hungry for success.
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