5. Gareth Bales Asking Price
Real Madrid are enamored with Gareth Bale, and they have coveted signing him for quite a while. I remember hearing transfer rumors involving the sale of Bale to Madrid during the past few transfer windows, but nothing happened until this summer. It seems a foregone conclusion that Bale will be playing for Madrid within the next few weeks. Thats not the surprising part of this transfer. That part belongs to the astronomical asking price for Bale.
100 million is what Spurs want for him, and they dont seem to want to budge or accept a part-exchange deal. They want the full £100 million, and, to be fair, if Madrid are willing to pay that price, then Spurs are well within their rights to ask for the fee. But, come off it. £100 million for one player? You could buy an entire football team for that price. You could buy
Mario Gotze 3 times over. Its insane. No one is debating whether Bale is a good player or not he is obviously a very special talent. I happen to love his direct style of play, and I think hes a fantastic attacking midfielder. But do I think he, or anybody else in the world of football, is worth that much money? Not even a little bit.