Real Madrid legend believes that no price tag will stop Premier League star moving to Spain, but is he worth it?
Real Madrid director of football Zinedine Zidane has warned Tottenham that not even a 60 million pound asking price will put interested clubs off bidding for Gareth Bale.
Rumours have left White Hart Lane over the past few days that the Welshman is set to agree a new deal at the club worth approximately £130,000-a-week, but should a club of Madrid’s stature come knocking, would it be a chance Bale couldn’t turn down?
Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas remains confident that Bale will be at the club next season despite not qualifying for Champions League football for the second season running.
The legendary Zidane has been spotted at White Hart Lane a number of times this campaign and believes that the newly crowned PFA Player and Young Player of the Year could prove the pivotal difference between a club winning the league and Champions League.
Not only did Bale end the season by scooping the PFA player of the year award and the PFA young player of the year award, he broke his own personal best by scoring 21 goals in 33 Premier League games while also bagging 4 assists.
It’s not only Bale’s goals and assists that have improved this season, it’s his overall play. He has recorded the most shots per game (5) in the Spurs squad – this is second overall in the Premier League only to Luis Suarez (5.7).
Bale has also recorded the most accurate crosses per game (1.9) out of any player in the top six teams, impressive. He’s been the most impressive Spurs player by a country mile this season (involved in 32% of his teams goals) and one does wonder whether they’d have even made the Champions League without his touch of class.
Zidane told The Daily Mirror: “Tottenham could command 40 million pounds, 50 million pounds, maybe even 60 million pounds for him.
“It is a lot of money but there are maybe three or four teams in the world that can pay that sort of transfer fee and it won’t put them off. A player like Bale can be the difference between a big club winning the league or Champions League.
“They would be getting the best player in Europe this season and he is at an age where he can still play at the top for another 10 years. What I like about him is that he has this electric pace but also a big footballing brain to go with it. That is very rare.”
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