Analysing the Transfer Gossip – 25th June Part One: Rooney, Bale, Pjanic and more

Gareth Bale, 23, will tug on the heart strings of Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy in order to clinch his dream move to Real Madrid.

Full story: Metro

What’s the story? Interesting. Daniel Levy is a hard nosed negotiator, probably the best in world football. Would his hearts strings be a good place to start?Does it make sense? Real Madrid, not for the first time, are making the player they want to buy force his way out of the club. It worked last year with Modric but he’s no Gareth Bale. It’s unknown whether Bale wants to move just yet.Is the price right? £85m and sounds like they won’t take a penny less.Will it happen? 2/10 – It would be real shock is Bale requests a transfer and Levy isn’t the type to crumble.