£40m Bale-Out

Speculation is growing about a possible move by Inter to prise Bale away from White Heart Lane with a possible £40m on the cards; the £40m could even escalate with Real Madrid up for a bidding war. A £40m move would not only make Bale the most expensive British player but would also make him the most expensive 21 year old in the world. Tottenham will have a job on their hands to keep Bale at the Lane next summer, Inter Milan would triple Bale’s wages and Real is the club which players find ‘impossible’ to say no to.

The question is not do Tottenham want to keep Bale at White Heart Lane but, can they afford to? Spurs would find good use with the £40m, they are after all after a new stadium which will cost Spurs at least £300m. (And that’s if they get the Olympic stadium, if they do not it could cost them up to £500m.)

Bale has not expressed a desire to leave Spurs, the deciding factor in Bale’s mind could be qualification for the UEFA Champions League. A failure to qualify might mean that the club have to sell him to balance the books.

Tottenham made a record turnover last season of £119m, they made a lose of £6.6m; failure to qualify for the UEFA Champions League would set Spurs back by at least another £19m not including TV money and ticket sales.

But on the bright side Spurs’s star player should be at the Lane for the rest of the season.
Written by Thomas Munson