Gareth Bale ready to quit Tottenham Hotspur for Spain

Gareth Bale has given the clearest indication yet that he sees his future beyond White Hart Lane, most likely in Spain, after saying that he will “look seriously” at attractive offers from overseas.


The 23 year-old, who is a long-standing transfer target of Real Madrid and Barcelona, has also spoken of an interest in living outside the United Kingdom and playing in another league.
The timing of Bale’s remarks, which were made after Tottenham Hotspur’s 3-0 win against Fulham on Saturday, is especially significant given that Andre Villas-Boas, the Spurs manager, appeared to hint last week that he could leave if a sufficient offer was forthcoming.
Villas-Boas did then release a further statement on Thursday, saying that the club had “no intention” of selling their star player.
Bale, though, has opened the door to a possible move. “It would be nice to experience other leagues and other cultures,” he said. “I’m not afraid to go abroad. If the time comes and a team that’s right comes in for me, then I’ll look at it seriously. I’ll see what happens.”
It is significant, though, that Bale signed a four-year deal during the summer that tied him to the club until 2016 on £75,000 a week.


That would place Tottenham in a strong negotiating position if Bale did decide to leave and serious offers were made by Barcelona or Real Madrid.
With Spurs having successfully held out for £30 million for Luka Modric last summer, it is difficult to imagine chairman Daniel Levy
even considering any offers below £40 million for Bale. The Spanish clubs can take heart, however, from that fact that Levy has shown that he is willing to sell a star player if the money is right.
Tottenham’s progress this season will also have a significant bearing on the situation. Bale has always been very happy at Tottenham but said in April that he would have to talk about his situation if the club were not in the Champions League.

He was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals under Harry Redknapp in 2010 but this is Tottenham’s second successive season in the Europa League.

- Telegraph.co.uk