03 Aug 2013 22:19:17
AVB still saying bale is not for sale. (Source: tv) surely bale cannot be sold, otherwise avb and co will not be the most popular people in London. He surely cannot go against his word, especially after this statement

Thfcmatt

1.) 03 Aug 2013
Hope so!

2.) 03 Aug 2013
Agreed, but he did also say ' that in football anything can happen'. I have said all along that I think we won't sell him. We will be far better off keeping him and adding few others, then we will be title contenders.

3.) 04 Aug 2013
It means Real Madrid going to be paying over 100 million in a one off cash payment and chuck player in or they can do one haha.

Lets see if they got the money, I hope levy tells them to get lost anyway

4.) 04 Aug 2013
He seemed pretty adamant that we will keep him, I think as long as bale doesn't do the same as modrić we will keep him. Avb was also spot on about ancelotti

5.) 04 Aug 2013
Take the money

6.) 04 Aug 2013
Avb has had his say publicly. Levy needs to come out and echoe those statements. I think he should come out with some proper sarcy comment like " you can have bale for 120million and we will take Ronaldo, benzema and modric Aswell, or shut the hell up Perez" then give bale the contract his agent clearly wants. He really does deserve that. Then add another striker and centre back and I think we can really challenge. COYS

7.) 04 Aug 2013
AVB I think he's the man! Real to funk yourselves! They still owe £20 mill for modders so where the funk r
They going to find £85mill from? It's all bull designed to unsettle bale, would rather sell to PSG for less mon tbh. An why isn't platini looking into there dealing under ffp or are FIFA to scared of real to do anything about it? In a country that's got mass unemployment and deep in ressesion how many jobs could £85 mill create

8.) 04 Aug 2013
Real want to pay in 5 installments, the first one being no more than 25m. This is the current hang up, Levy needs more upfront cash to sign the quality of players AVB wants. {Ed002's Note - It is rather more complex than that - try not do get wrapped up in the money.}

9.) 04 Aug 2013
Apparently we've agreed a £83m deal to sell him next summer- seems good to me? no doubt levy will change his mind then and demand more haha

10.) 04 Aug 2013
Clue: Spurs are owed money for Modric.

That means the transfer was paid in installments. Like all transfers.

If RM pay £100 million, then it will be paid over years. Not in one lump sum.

This isn't a manager game

11.) 04 Aug 2013
I love how AVB does an interview and a certain sports news channel has someone talking to sources close to Gareth Bale (over night) within hours to confirm he was not happy with the interview. Still no quote from Bale himself.

I wonder how much the betting arm of that sports channel has made this summer. sure Damaio made them a few quid last year, and the year before too.

Roll on 18 Aug, and let's see if Bale plays.

DT

12.) 04 Aug 2013
Agree DT;

This is a money driven game by journalist's and book maker's.

Let's remember these are the people who told us the signings of Villa, and Benteke were all imminent?!

KD

13.) 04 Aug 2013
Real madrid want to pay in instalments over 5 years

14.) 04 Aug 2013
Perhaps they have us confused with DFS

15.) 04 Aug 2013
He's not for sale, but Levy says 125million or whatever number one cares to believe. Therefore he is for sale on the right terms. the only question now is can Madrid match those terms?

16.) 04 Aug 2013
Did u even watch the game? I doubt that will be our starting 11 for the first game. Don't give up on your team now!
F34

17.) 04 Aug 2013
Outclassed at monoco cause it wasnt our full strenght team out we will have it out next sat in the friendly watch that game next sat cause that will be the team that will start at palace

18.) 04 Aug 2013
Not just bale missing at Monaco, look at the back 4. only Walker a realistic starter, the middle 3 no starters and the front 3. maybe but no Bale or Soldado. so pretty much our second Xi

19.) 04 Aug 2013
^^ posted on the banter page, including bale, 10 outfield players who would start against palace or be on the bench at least, missed Monaco.
Don't worry yourself too much about just bale missing the defeat. I will list the players again.
Kaboul, Verts, daws, bae, paulinho, sandro, bale, holtby, ade, soldado.
Now, I don't think we was just missing bale, do you?

20.) 04 Aug 2013
Re: "Levy needs more upfront cash to sign the quality of players AVB wants"

Very, very naive. All transfers are paid in installments. So if we sell Bale to RM and they pay over 5 years, then when Spurs sign a replacement, Spurs will pay in installments.
It's how transfers work. When Villa signed Bent from Sunderland, most of the fee went to Spurs. Because Sunderland still owed Spurs

21.) 04 Aug 2013
Fair enough but why put out such a weak team at this stage of the season against a side like Monaco?
Should he not by now be choosing his first team line up injuries permitting and giving them chance to gel before the first game. Also, losing 5-2 can hardly be good for morale whatever team he puts out.

22.) 04 Aug 2013
So where was our up and coming youngster centre backs? So if the worst injury situation happened in season as in
this friendly who'd be our CB pairing as this one was woeful

23.) 04 Aug 2013
You can only take 3 years now to pay installments.

24.) 04 Aug 2013
I get the impression that avb is aware of his starting starting 11. I think these pre season games are to select fringe players

25.) 05 Aug 2013
Cockney magic. Agreed but that is a PL league ruling, doesn't affect continental clubs. {Ed001's Note - it is an FFP ruling, as part of UEFA's FFP, not a Prem rule.}

26.) 05 Aug 2013
I know we probably couldn't afford his wages unless we got rid of a couple of the deadwood but maybe we should just ask for a swap of Bale for Ronaldo or end of negotiations.

27.) 05 Aug 2013
Really glad paulinho sandro and dembele have had plenty of pre season games to get to know each other. oh wait. also glad soldado bale and chadli have too. oh wait. its ok, its not like our most important game is in the third week. oh wait.

Here's to hoping the new boys hit the ground running!

COYS.

28.) 05 Aug 2013
Did you know they basically train all the time together, Tottenham have one of the best training grounds in the EPL, why would they not know how to play together by the start of the season

29.) 05 Aug 2013
With all due respect to you, whoever you are, training together is NOT the same as playing in a proper match. I know as I have coached teams for a number of years. The manager should by now be playing his best side in readiness for the first match, not still experimenting and messing about at this stage.

30.) 08 Aug 2013
AvB knows what he is doing. He can experiment all he likes, He is looking at who he wants to keep and who to sell before season starts. wouldn't surprise me if Scott Parker, Huddlestone, Livermore and a fair few more depart yet even possibly signurddson