adminto free up their wage bill to help fund a new contract offer for Bale, it is increasingly evident that he has also become Real’s primary transfer target.
Zinedine Zidane, the Real ambassador and adviser, said last Saturday that Bale was “more than good enough” for Madrid and yesterday Spain’s leading sports newspapers, Marca and AS, carried photographs of the 23-year-old on their covers.
Pérez also spoke openly about Bale on Thursday in Marca, a paper with close links with Real. “He would be a good signing for the club,” he said. “Bale is one of the best players in the world and at Real Madrid we always have the best. I am convinced that if the club want him he would be a great signing. Bale was born to play in Madrid.”
Pérez is expected to be elected unopposed as Real president and, having overseen the signings of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso and Karim Benzema. — The Telegraph.
Peter Tanyanyiwa
Online Reporter