Gareth Bale to Manchester United is almost a done deal, according to the Sunday Express journalist John Richardson.
Speaking on MUTV ahead of Real Madrid’s Champions League clash with Juventus, Richardson claimed that the transfer is all but completed, with Bale’s treatment at the hands of the Madrid fans alleged to be the driving force behind the move.
‘I think it’s almost a done deal to be honest,’ he said.
‘I know somebody very close to Gareth Bale and the public are not hearing the real thing.
‘He’s very unhappy there and he’s unhappy with his treatment.’
‘If I was a betting man and I had £50 spare to put on where he [Bale] would go, I think he’d end up here this summer,’ he said.
‘I’ve just got this feeling that United want him, they’ve got the money to do it.
‘Bale’s domestic situation is that his girlfriend and his daughter are living back in the UK, and he doesn’t speak the language.’
The former Tottenham man’s arrival at Old Trafford would mark a serious statement of intent from Louis van Gaal, who has already secured his first summer signing in the form of Memphis Depay.
Any deal for Bale would likely cost at least £80million, but that fee is likely to be within United’s reach as they prepare to reap the financial benefits of their record-breaking kit deal with Adidas.
