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| The Marca headline...Levy wants £120m (€145m) for the Welsh Lionel Messi |
I've kept fairly tight lipped over the stories coming out in the media during the last week.
The Real Madrid propaganda-machine has been in full war-mode, saying Bale want to go to the Bernebau and Levy has rejected a world record offer of in excess of £85m. Yes, thats right, EIGHTY-FIVE MILLIONS POUNDS. That is absolutely insane. The Spanish economy is on its knees and one of the Prima Liga clubs is looking at spending the equivalent of 2 years budget of a small to medium-sized acute A&E hospital on a single footballer, one who is far from the finished article, only has a year on Champions League experience and still tends to drift in and out of games and doesnt take them by the scruff of the neck on a regular basis. My opinion of course but even so, £85m is an insane amount of money. If the ITK is to be believed, the official offer on the table is £90m + Madrid's left back Fábio Coentrão. Some of the more reputable ITKers suggest that no such offer exists and Bale will be staying for at least one more season.
Spurs have remained quiet. Classy. Something Real Madrid could never in a million years understand. However, the silence coming out of WHL is deafening. You only have to read the message boards to see that the Spurs fans are waivering in their support for Levy.
I think Oliver Holt's article in the Daily Mirror sums the situation up best. Read it here.
At the end of the day, the way I see it, Spurs are in a win-win situation. If Bale stays, we've got a great chance of doing something memorable this season. If Levy decides to sell, all of a sudden AVB gets a huge war chest and the possibility of bringing in 2-3 world class players into an already talent-laden squad promises big things. With the return of Kaboul and Sandro into the squad, the squad is looking much healthier.
In the last 24 hours, there has also been significant transfer dealings going on behind the scenes. Firstly, a surprise one, Stephen Caulker has been sold to newly promoted Cardiff City for around £8m. Seemed to have come out of the blue this transfer but it appears that Caulker wasnt going to be first choice so he decided to move for regular first team football at this stage of his career and you cant deny him that.
The biggest news, however, is Spurs have finally formally announced the signing of Valencia hitman Roberto Soldado for a club record £25.8m, after Levy met his release clause. Well thats what Valencia want everyone to believe but I'm led to believe the fee is around £22m.
Spurs have remained quiet. Classy. Something Real Madrid could never in a million years understand. However, the silence coming out of WHL is deafening. You only have to read the message boards to see that the Spurs fans are waivering in their support for Levy.
I think Oliver Holt's article in the Daily Mirror sums the situation up best. Read it here.
At the end of the day, the way I see it, Spurs are in a win-win situation. If Bale stays, we've got a great chance of doing something memorable this season. If Levy decides to sell, all of a sudden AVB gets a huge war chest and the possibility of bringing in 2-3 world class players into an already talent-laden squad promises big things. With the return of Kaboul and Sandro into the squad, the squad is looking much healthier.
In the last 24 hours, there has also been significant transfer dealings going on behind the scenes. Firstly, a surprise one, Stephen Caulker has been sold to newly promoted Cardiff City for around £8m. Seemed to have come out of the blue this transfer but it appears that Caulker wasnt going to be first choice so he decided to move for regular first team football at this stage of his career and you cant deny him that.
The biggest news, however, is Spurs have finally formally announced the signing of Valencia hitman Roberto Soldado for a club record £25.8m, after Levy met his release clause. Well thats what Valencia want everyone to believe but I'm led to believe the fee is around £22m.
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| Soldado: 11caps for Spain, 6 goals... |
Hugely exciting times ahead. Levy (with the help of Baldini) has finally brought a 20-30 goal-a-season man to Tottenham for the first time since the days of Clive Allen, Gary Lineker and Jurgen Klinsmann.
Welcome to THFC, Roberto. All you need to do is smash a 5 min hat-trick against the Gooners in the Cameldome and you'll become a hero forever more. Not much to ask.
Best wishes to Stephen Caulker too. Always gave his all for Spurs in the few games he had.
Now we patiently await formal word from Levy and Spurs re: Bale. I've got a feeling this one will run and run until the end of the transfer window.
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