Bale back in the headlines this morning. This one will probably rumble on until the press have all but forced him out. Ramon Calderon implies that Perez' decision to sell Ronaldo but keep Bale was a key factor in Zidane's abrupt decision to quit last year. He also suggests that Real will want to resolve this situation as quickly as possible and will likely take the hit of a loss, not ruling out a loan agreement.
As long as they don't try and give us Bale plus shed loads of cash in exchange for Sissoko, I don't care either way whether he comes back or sees his time out on the golf course.
Is it bad that my response to Bale saying he'll happily put his feet up and collect his wages is "You tapped him up, you deal with it"?
Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas: "I am negotiating with the biggest European clubs for Ndombele. I am the one who revived the Paris Saint-Germain talks so that they do not feel dismissed. If PSG aligns with the three offers received and Tanguy agrees, it would be nice if he goes there." Good to know Ligue 1 is effectively heading the same way as the Bundesliga. No idea why Bayern and PSG bother maintaining academies or youth teams.
If you type that into google translate it probably says: 'If fekking Levy wants him he better pay what he's worth'.
They really are a verminous club IMHO who do not deserve to have the likes of Bale grace their teams.
Oh please let that happen. Consider it a trusty racehorse run into the ground to enjoy the rest of their life rather than risking serious injury on one last hurrah.
Do PSG currently have a Moura counterpart of Ndombele, who might feel that their future lies elsewhere and PSG will have to sell quite cheaply ... ?? < asking for a friend >
If by some highly improbable chain of events we re-signed Bale, there's one thing that people are overlooking that could help us: he's a known quantity, which would mean opposition defenders will double up on him - and we've seen how Saltypool have benefited from this over the years, be it defenders doubling up on Suarez so Daniel Sturridge looked like one of the most lethal strikers in football for a season to defenders doubling up on Salah to allow Mane more time to get into offside positions
Il Mattino have reported that Trippier has agreed personal terms with Napoli - although it says a lot that not only have the likes of HITC and FootballDotLondon not given this story the headline treatment and are burying it in roundup posts, but our good and honest friends at the Daily Wail have pulled their article reporting the story...
