Topic: Gareth Bale

[Liam]

So it is looking increasingly likely that Gareth Bale is set to become the world's most expensive football transfer from Spurs to Real Madrid. Opinions on this?

[Spriter]

I'm personally not so happy with this in a way. Sure a player of his quality is going to be going places, but the prospect of seeing him playing alongside Soldado/Paulinho and possibly Lamela (Willian's pretty much off to Chelsea) was a rather exciting one.
There's a nagging feeling I have that he may end up being less of a regular than he is at Tottenham. I think Modric isn't a first team regular...but with his skill, and the fact that the world record transfer fee is set to be broken eases that a little.

A mixed bag for me I guess.

[Milsap]

With so many clubs and the vast majority of Spaniards out of work/in financial ruin the amount of money being spent makes a complete mockery of everything that's going on.

Messi isn't even worth that much.

[Liam]

£86million

that's absolutely shocking.

[Milsap]

He's gone for 83.3 million. Absolutely ridiculous.

[Spriter]

£85.3m apparently, but you probably meant to say 85.3m.

However, the wages he is expected to get are just bloody ridiculous. He is due to receive £15.4 MILLION a year! That's about £34 a minute or nearly 57p a second. Jeez, it seems you now earn money for every breath you take. I'll leave it to you to figure out his weekly wage...

[Kerou 犠牲]

Bale's starting to prove he's worth it

It was a deal worth the money for Real Madrid, it's not like he'll make a loss for them