To be fair, I myself should have stayed out of it. And will do so in the future.
Gareth Bale is...The most expensive player ever?!
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That's probably about right, at the end of the day Brian.
News that may give the transfer muppets a semi....
Toshack reveals Bale interest - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk
Toshack reveals Bale interest - News - MirrorFootball.co.uk
City? Chelsea? Real Madrid?
Hope he either stays at Spurs or comes to us. Wouldn't want any of the league contenders to get him.
Definitely would have been City i think.
Forgot to comment in this thread after thier game on Saturday.
What a fecking player he is looking like. I know left wing isn't really a priority for us at the moment but seriously, we need to be signing this kid.
He has pace, his delivery on the run is (dare i say it) as good as Beckham's, he can beat a man and can score goals.
Fergie said that when Giggs, Scholes, Gaz and Edwin retire we'd probably have to spend big, I'm hoping that Bale is one of the players he is going to look too. I genuinely believe we'd live to regret letting him go to Chelsea or City.
What a fecking player he is looking like. I know left wing isn't really a priority for us at the moment but seriously, we need to be signing this kid.
He has pace, his delivery on the run is (dare i say it) as good as Beckham's, he can beat a man and can score goals.
Fergie said that when Giggs, Scholes, Gaz and Edwin retire we'd probably have to spend big, I'm hoping that Bale is one of the players he is going to look too. I genuinely believe we'd live to regret letting him go to Chelsea or City.
Im definitely a Bale fan now, I was on the fence about him. But he has worked on his size and is definitely a much tougher player. He, a centre mid and a right back should be Fergies next targets...if he has money of course!
Not confident Rafael can make the step up?
We need to sign him!
With Spurs in the CL, you won't see them selling to us again until they drop out of it and have been out of it for a number of seasons.
They won't finish top 4 this season. He won't be cheap, but I reckon he'll be worth it.
I think he's nailed on to come to United as Giggs' successor. Unfortunately though, I think SAF will go at the same time as Giggs so will miss out on managing Bale...
It was in part a very wise move of Bale to go to Spurs first. (assuming he takes the step up to us or a "bigger" club in the future).
*gulp*
He can but theres nothing wrong with depth. Besides with our luck with defensive injuries its wouldnt be a bad thing
I'd have Bentley over Bale!
Bale won't join United, it's more liklier that Sir Alex takes the Welsh job and manages Bale that way IMO.
Bentley who couldnt get a game for Spurs last season?I'd have Bentley over Bale!
Bale may end up a United player one day. Been linked before and Sir Alex was keen to sign himi from Southampton if media reports are to be believed.Bale won't join United, it's more liklier that Sir Alex takes the Welsh job and manages Bale that way IMO.
Quality player in my opinion. Young lad, quick, great athlete and very direct. Ideal left winger for the PL.
Maybe the man to replace Giggs if and when he retires, especially if Spurs drop out of the top 4.
Looks more like Donkey Kong from those old Nintendo games
Whilst this is correct, you remain unconvinced about Nani's credentials yet are singing Bale's praises despite Bale also only just getting his finger out at the start of 2010 like Nani.
By your logic expressed in the "gift for Nani" thread, Bale still has to do a lot more to be a proven quality player.
There is a difference between quality player and "world class" player as Nani was branded in that thread by some posters
The debate was whether Nani should succeed Owen as our number 7 which RedRover turned into a "is Nani the finished article yet" thread.
He's said Nani still has to maintain this form for a while longer to convince him, fair enough, but the same applies to Bale as their careers have both only really taken off at the turn of this year.
If he is still unsure on Nani, how can he say Bale can succeed Giggs?
I'm not getting at Bale, he's been pure class since January but RedRover has criticised Nani whilst praising Bale for about the same period of good form.
Gareth Bale is an overrated player that would never go for value for money ... a waste of a squad place in my honest position. In two year's time he's likely to be the new David Bentley anyway.
That run of winlessness wasn't a coincidence, he's a limited player who's been in the back pocket of Rafael, Neville and John O'Shea (and Valencia when Bale is leftback) whenever Spurs have played United recently. Only Obertan and Fabio playing out of position have really struggled with him.
Don't think Fergie himself is.
Bale and Nani on the wings would be
So he didn't do well against United, he wasn't the first and won't be the last quality player to do that.
If Spurs don't make it to the top seven, I won't be surprised if we go for Bale.
I'd say he is in our transfer policy for sure, young, has potential and to top it off he has been playing pretty well in the PL.
I'd say he is in our transfer policy for sure, young, has potential and to top it off he has been playing pretty well in the PL.
Do we really have £25-30 million to spare for one player? Probably £40 million with Redknapp haggling.
Maybe if United sell Rooney to Barcelona and Vidic to Madrid.
But since Bale is the "best attacking left side player in the Premiership" ... I'm sure it's a bargin.
He is an excellent player. That claim makes no difference whatsoever.Do we really have £25-30 million to spare for one player? Probably £40 million with Redknapp haggling.
Maybe if United sell Rooney to Barcelona and Vidic to Madrid.
But since Bale is the "best attacking left side player in the Premiership" ... I'm sure it's a bargin.
But yeah, he would be too expensive. Really really good player though.
He's nowhere near a 30m player yet, still if Spurs don't make it to the CL again or even europe, hopefully the lad will start showing his ambition to play for a top club and hopefully it is us.
Whether we go for him or not is a totally different situation, the muppet in me has been itching for some muppetery so Bale is probably the hottest young player from the past 6 matches so why not
Whether we go for him or not is a totally different situation, the muppet in me has been itching for some muppetery so Bale is probably the hottest young player from the past 6 matches so why not
Didn't he turn down the chance to join us when leaving Southampton and opted for Spurs?
Perhaps he does - depends on your definition of quality but I think he's a couple of years younger than Nani?
The point I made in the Nani thread was that he has been at least as good as him over the last year or so.
Regarding Bale I think he's got all teh tools to be really top class. He's tall and athletic which is a good attribute in such a hard league, and is very quick. Has teh attributes a classic PL winger.
Think at the right club he could really push on. And he's a "home grown player" as well.
I'm not sure if our bid was accepted in the first place, Spurs certainly offered more money.
Based on what? Completely different type of player and a young lad who despite a few setbacks has been absolutly outstanding the back end of last and the beginning of this season.
If you want to talk about examples of good performances what about when he took Chelsea apart last year, or a few days later when he did the same to Arsenal?
He's a young lad who may not be great every week.
Even if you accept the highly dubious suggestion taht he was responsible for the "winless run" ( a grim time with managerial changes and players moving all over the shop) then you might note he played at Left back nearly all the time rather than the left wing.
Yeah I can't really remembered what happened with it, I know we were really interested though.
I can't believe we passed on the chance to buy him for £5m, yet gladly paid £7m for Bebe.