MANCHESTER UNITED WERE VERY CLOSE TO SIGN GARETH BALE FROM TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS..

According to THE SUN, the former manager of Everton and Manchester United David Moyes, has now come out and said that Manchester United were very close to sign up the young Welsh winger Gareth Bale, from the English club Tottenham Hotspurs. The English club Manchester United had held talks and things were moving smoothly, they had even had a helicopter all ready and standing to fly Gareth Bale, to Manchester United . Now Real Madrid came in the picture and agreed to buy Gareth Bale for a then word record of 86, eighty six million pounds. Now Real Madrid have a policy of paying clubs from whom they buy footballers on instalments this means the price of the footballer, is automatically inflated, as Real Madrid have to pay much more then they would have paid the club, iif they paid it all in one shot. Real Madrid then pay the club in three or four instalments and they use sponsor money for this as well. Luka Modric, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale were paid in this fashion. After the deal fell through David Moyes brought Juan Mata and Maroune Fellini , in 2013.