News out of Italy via "Sky Sport" & from journalist Gianluca Di Marzio. According to the flash Tottenham Hotspurs & Real Madrid have come to an agreement in the Gareth Bale Operation. The transfer figure is 93M GBP plus Real Madrid defender Fabio Coentrao, however this needs further explaining.
Real Madrid will pay Tottenham Hotspurs 93M GBP in transfer payment, a payment that is over two years- 50% now 50% next year. Real Madrid has included in the deal Fabio Coentrao who has been valued at 7MGBP. These cash figures will need to be confirmed as the news is recent & just out. But if added it sums 100M GBP (pounds)
Apparently Real Madrid made the offer yesterday to unblock negotiations & Tottenham President Levy has given the "green light". In fact, the English Club is now moving quickly to reinvest its new found money on Anzhi winger Willian & AC Roma forward Erik Lamela. One would expect that once these players have been tie up by Tottenham both Clubs ( ...Real Madrid CF ) will announce the Gareth Bale transfer as official which could be this weekend.
If all the above is true, Real Madrid Coach Carlo Ancelotti will have another headache to overcome & "problem" to solve. Apart from the current "Iker Casillas vs Diego Lopez" goalkeeping dilemma, he could face a "who do I take off from the midfield" issue with the current Real Madrid squad. Interesting times ahead for the Italian Coach.
Said this, it is wise to repeat, this is still speculation & Football rumour. Nothing is 100% ( not even the "World Record Transfer Price" for Bale ) until both Clubs make it official. Please keep this in mind.
Stay tuned!
MORE NEWS : Payment details:
- Real Madrid will pay Tottenham Hotspurs 109M€ - in two year terms.
- Tottenham will pay Real Madrid 17,5M€ for Coentrao - in two year terms
TOTAL GARETH BALE DEAL = 91,5 M€
An important current of International Football observers, Sports media & ex-Footballers are going on the record claiming the the current Spanish Football Team is the "Greatest National Football Team" of all time. Huge acclaim & honour as those some commentators insist that Spain is better than the 1970 Brazil squad of Pele & the 1974 Dutch squad of Cruyff. The back to back European Championships of 2008 & 2012 & the in between FIFA World Cup are solid arguments that give faith to the Spanish dominance of World Football since 2008.
Said this there is more evidence & arguments to the idea that this Spanish Football Team is the "Greatest of all History". The last time the Spanish Football National Team lost in an official match was against Switzerland in the opening Group match of the FIFA World Cup the 16th of June 2010. From here onwards Spain has been undefeated in official games.
With yesterdays 3-0 victory over Nigeria in the FIFA Confederations Cup, Spain notched up its 28th straight official match undefeated ( 24 victories & 4 draws) & in the process gained a new "World Record". Spain surpassed the last record holder France which had 27 games undefeated which they achieved from 1994 to 1999. The current third placed World Record holder is Argentina with 26 games undefeated which they managed between the years 1945 - 1956.
There is one fact that is definitely undisputed, that we are all witnessing an extraordinary & perhaps never again repeatable generation of Spanish Footballers. This encourages me to advise everyone to keep watching & just enjoy this team for it can´t last forever. If Spain can win this edition of the Confederations Cup it would be another milestone & if on top of this they can once again manage to win the 2014 World Cup it would indeed be historical. These last two are very difficult more so the latter.
