"Madrid's ploy is simple. Declare their intentions to sign Bale in a very public manner, thus unsettling Bale. He will throw a strop. If they get really lucky, he might throw a tantrum and hand in a transfer request."

And possibly lower the sale price.

But this is Levy.
IMHO Madrid have completely mis-read the Modric saga, and mistaken Spurs as a basic selling club.

To be fair RD we are a selling club, but we only sell when

1 - The price is right

2 - Said player refuses to play (Luka, Berba)

Keane and Carrick didn't as both were respectful towards us at the time

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I liked your definition of "selling club" the other day, THudd.
If only for putting the WUM wannabees in their place.

I'm on the front line of WUM defence

"Just give us 1-2-3-4-5 to start things off"

I saw one show where the guy did exactly that.
Started at 1, and went in numerical order.

Also worth noting that that fat waiter Perez has a lot to lose from not signing bale.

He gambled pretty much everything on mourinho being able to topple barca and win their 10th champions league, mourinho managed to alienate the changing room, plenty of Madrid fans and the majority of Spain yet failed to do what he was actually hired to do. Now barca have signed neymar who's a potential superstar on the pitch and also a walking cash cow for them off the pitch. Perez knows he needs a galactico like bale to save face or he knows the Madrid fans will be on his back. We need to play on that desperation

"We need to play on that desperation"

If by "play" you mean Levy leading him on to the point where no sale happens and he gets sacked, fine.

Yet again this shows how much Marca are full of sh_te

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If Levy absolutely had no choice but to sell Bale, i would think he would demand at least £50m up front and the rest within 2 years.

Spurs have already spent £50m. That's another £50m to find a 'replacement' for Bale, another Striker, and a few top CBs. You're seriously in pole position for Top 4 then, at the least.

To be fair he's not worth £100m, but seeing as Real Madrid aka Real Desperate are the potential buyers then I'd milk then for every euro possible....

..... Is there no way we can offer him to PSG for less? £25m and Lucas moura would be quality!

Could see a sale to PSG happening next summer.

I fully expect (and bookmark this) that Levy will string this out with Real, they won't be able to agree on a package and Bale will stay

I really hope Bale is mature enough to get on with the job and give this season 100%

Fack 'em......feed 'em paella

All this going on and ronaldo doesn't appear any closer to signing a new deal. He's one of the few players not shouting from the rooftops to sign bale, probably because he wants the reported fee spent on his alleged demands of 16mill a year NET!

Messi, neymar and barca reign supreme,
Bale stays at spurs,
Ronaldo sulks and leaves for cheap,
Modric watches from the bench,
Perez gets lynched in Madrid,

Perfect scenario for me