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The majority of Real Madrid fans want to see the La
Liga club accept Manchester United's £117 million
bid for Gareth Bale.
Spanish news website AS ran a poll asking fans
whether Real Madrid should sell the Welshman
should they get the chance to make a profit only 18
months after signing him from Tottenham Hotspur.
53.75 per cent of readers decided that Real Madrid
would benefit from selling Bale to Manchester
United rather than keeping him. While it is not an
overwhelming majority, it is still evidence that he is
not as popular at the Bernabeu as one would
presume.
Chance for a profit
Real Madrid paid a world-record fee to bring Bale to
La Liga in 2013, agreeing to pay Tottenham Hotspur
£86 million. The 25-year-old helped to win La
Decima last season, scoring the crucial second
goal in extra time against Atletico Madrid in the
final.
However, it appears the chance to make a tidy
profit is too irresistible for Real Madrid fans, who
may be wishing for Carlo Ancelotti to reinvest the
funds in a top striker like Sergio Aguero.
Record bid
Manchester United reportedly launched a £117
million bid last night shortly after reports surfaced
that Louis van Gaal had made him his top target. Ed
Woodward had recently claimed that the Red Devils
were in a strong financial position and could break
the transfer record in necessary.
“It’s difficult to deal in hypotheticals based on lots of
different things,” Ed Woodward told The Guardian in
July. “The reality is that we’re not afraid of spending
significant amounts of money in the transfer
market.
“Whether it’s a record or not doesn’t really resonate
with us. What resonates is an elite player that the
manager wants who is going to be a star for
Manchester United.”
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