MADRID, Community of Madrid: Gareth Bale’s prolonged transfer from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid is set to be finalised after the two clubs agreed a €91m ($121m, £78m) fee for the player, Madrid sports daily AS reported yesterday.
Citing sources from Real Madrid, the paper said that the Spanish giants will pay 84 million euros of the fee up front with a further seven million to be paid in variables depending on the Welshman’s success with the club.
No one at Real Madrid was immediately available for comment when contacted. It had been expected that price Bale would even exceed the world transfer record of €96m that Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo back in 2009.
However, having sealed the transfers of Argentine Erik Lamela and Vlad Chiriches yesterday to take their spending for the window to around £92.8m, it is believed the London club wanted the bulk of the deal to be paid up front.
Bale, who refused to attend training with Spurs this week in an attempt to force the deal through, is set to sign a six-year-deal worth a reported €10m net a year. AFP
