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Tottenham Hotspur are working on a deal to sign Gareth Bale from Real Madrid.
The exact nature of the transfer, be it a loan or a permanent deal, had yet to be finalised as of Tuesday night, while personal terms still needed to be agreed.
But Bale is keen to make a remarkable return to the club he left for a then-world-record fee of £85 million in 2013, with Madrid potentially open to paying around half of his £600,000-a-week wages to get a loan deal over the line.
But is this a deal that suits all parties? How can Spurs afford to buy back Bale? And what about Manchester United’s interest in the Welshman? The Athletic explains…
Why do Tottenham want Bale back?
Jack Pitt-Brooke: This move is understood to have come from Daniel Levy rather than Jose Mourinho, and it is the Tottenham chairman who ultimately…
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