Spurs Transfer News: 10 "Mystery" Bidders For Bale

2. Monaco Seldom in football does a newly-promoted side to a top division harbour realistic ambitions of striking lucky come the season's end, but when you are being bankrolled by a Russian billionaire and have Falcao, James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho then you start to see why. Returning to the subject of the French rivalry between them and Monaco, the team from the principality would want to legitimately claim that they are the richest- and soon enough the best. As with any takeover, you have to feel sympathy for some regulars from last season who have been unsuprisingly ousted out of the team, and should they get Bale to patrol one wing, with Rodriguez doing the rounds on the other, something- and someone- has got to give in those situations. Although, they are the only team on this list who will not grace European football this season, Bale may see through that and prepare to ride through the tough season ahead before taking their place among the elite for 2014-15 as part of Dmitry Rybolov's, and manager Claudio Ranieri's, joint long-term vision.