Summer 2020 Transfer Confirmation Thread
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Summer 2020 Transfer Confirmation Thread
Kai Havertz = Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea (71m)
Arthur = Barcelona to Juventus (66m)
Ruben Dias = Benfica to Manchester City (65m)
Miralem Pjanic = Juventus to Barcelona (54.9m)
Thomas Partey = Atletico Madrid to Arsenal (45.3m)
Ben Chilwell = Leicester City to Chelsea (45m)
Leroy Sane = Manchester City to Bayern Munich (44.7m)
Diogo Jota = Wolves to Liverpool (41m)
Nathan Ake = Bournemouth to Manchester City (40m)
Achraf Hakimi = Real Madrid to Inter Milan (36m)
Donny van de Beek = Ajax to Manchester United (35m)
Fabio Silva = FC Porto to Wolves (35m)
Ollie Watkins = Brentford to Aston Villa (28m)
Nelson Semedo = Barcelona to Wolves (27.6m)
Rodrigo = Valencia to Leeds United (26m)
Gabriel Magalhaes = Lille to Arsenal (26m)
Timothy Castagne = Atalanta to Leicester City (25m)
Ben Godfrey = Norwich City to Everton (25m)
Rhian Brewster = Liverpool to Sheffield United (23.5m)
Allan = Napoli to Everton (21.7m)
Ferran Torres = Valencia to Manchester City (20.87m)
Abdoulaye Doucoure = Watford to Everton (20m)
Callum Wilson = Bournemouth to Newcastle United (20m)
Thiago Alcantara = Bayern Munich to Liverpool (20m)
Eberechi Eze = QPR to Crystal Palace (19.5m)
Sergino Dest = Ajax to Barcelona (19m)
Aaron Ramsdale = Bournemouth to Sheffield United (18.5m)
Grady Diangana = West Ham United to West Brom (18m)
Emiliano Martinez = Arsenal to Aston Villa (17m)
Bertrand Traore = Lyon to Aston Villa (17m)
Raphinha = Rennes to Leeds United (17m)
Helder Costa = Wolves to Leeds United (16m)
Matty Cash = Nottingham Forest to Aston Villa (16m)
Pervis Estupinan = Watford to Villarreal (15m)
Nicolas Otamendi = Manchester City to Benfica (13.7m)
Alex Telles = FC Porto to Manchester United (13.6m)
Chris Smalling = Manchester United to AS Roma (13.6m)
James Rodriguez = Real Madrid to Everton (12m)
Kostas Tsimikas = Olympiakos to Liverpool (11.7m)
Joe Rodon = Swansea to Tottenham Hotspur (11m)
Dejan Lovren = Liverpool to Zenit St Petersburg (10.9m)
Mohammed Salisu = Real Valladolid to Southampton (10.9m)
Ki-Jana Hoever = Liverpool to Wolves (9m)
Facundo Pellistri = Penarol to Manchester United (9m)
Stephy Mavididi = Juventus to Montpellier (5.7m)
Vladimir Coufal = Slavia Prague to West Ham United (5.4m)
Jordan Hugill = West Ham United to Norwich City (5m)
Albian Ajeti = West Ham United to Celtic (4.5m)
Terence Kongolo = Huddersfield to Fulham (4m)
Antonee Robinson = Wigan Athletic to Fulham (2m)
Marcal = Lyon to Wolves (1.78m)
Ivan Rakitic = Barcelona to Sevilla (1.5m)
Aaron Hickey = Hearts to Bologna (1.5m)
Jack Butland = Stoke to Crystal Palace (1m)
Timo Werner = RB Leipzig to Chelsea (Undisclosed)
Morgan Schneiderlin = Everton to Nice (Undisclosed)
Pablo Mari = Flamengo to Arsenal (Undisclosed)
Cedric Soares = Southampton to Arsenal (Undisclosed)
Anthony Knockaert = Brighton to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Zak Emmerson = Oldham to Brighton (Undisclosed)
Jude Bellingham = Birmingham City to Borussia Dortmund (Undisclosed)
Illan Meslier = Lorient to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Joel Veltman = Ajax to Brighton (Undisclosed)
Victor Osimhen = Lille to Napoli (Undisclosed)
Alexis Sanchez = Manchester United to Inter Milan (Undisclosed)
Joe Gelhardt = Wigan Athletic to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Charlie Allen = Linfield to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg = Southampton to Tottenham Hotspur (Undisclosed)
Kyle Walker-Peters = Tottenham Hotspur to Southampton (Undisclosed)
Cody Drameh = Fulham to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Bartosz Kapustka = Leicester City to Legia Warsaw (Undisclosed)
Will Norris = Wolves to Burnley (Undisclosed)
Matheus Pereira = Sporting Lisbon to West Brom (Undisclosed)
Ben Chrisene = Exeter to Aston Villa (Undisclosed)
Martin Montoya = Brighton to Real Betis (Undisclosed)
Aaron Mooy = Brighton to Shanghai SIPG (Undisclosed)
Robin Koch = Freiburg to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Matt Doherty = Wolves to Tottenham Hotspur (Undisclosed)
Harrison Reed = Southampton to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan = Arsenal to AS Roma (Undisclosed)
David Button = Brighton to West Brom (Undisclosed)
Cedric Kipre = Wigan to West Brom (Undisclosed)
Jayden Bogle = Derby County to Sheffield United (Undisclosed)
Max Lowe = Derby County to Sheffield United (Undisclosed)
Jamal Lewis = Norwich City to Newcastle United (Undisclosed)
Aleksandar Kolarov = AS Roma to Inter Milan (Undisclosed)
Oliver Burke = West Brom to Sheffield United (Swap)
Callum Robinson = Sheffield United to West Brom (Swap)
Kenny Tete = Lyon to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Sergio Reguilon = Real Madrid to Tottenham Hotspur (Undisclosed)
Runar Alex Runarsson = Dijon to Arsenal (Undisclosed)
Alexander Sorloth = Crystal Palace to RB Leipzig (Undisclosed)
Diego Llorente = Real Sociedad to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Edouard Mendy = Rennes to Chelsea (Undisclosed)
Dale Stephens = Brighton to Burnley (Undisclosed)
Luis Suarez = Barcelona to Atletico Madrid (Undisclosed)
Kevin-Prince Boateng = Fiorentina to Monza (Undisclosed)
Wesley Fofana = Saint-Etienne to Leicester City (Undisclosed)
Andi Zeqiri = Lausanne-Sport to Brighton (Undisclosed)
Adrien Silva = Leicester City to Sampdoria (Undisclosed)
Ibrahima Diallo = Brest to Southampton (Undisclosed)
Tosin Adarabioyo = Manchester City to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Craig Gordon = Celtic to Hearts (Free)
Wes Foderingham = Rangers to Sheffield United (Free)
Adam Lallana = Liverpool to Brighton (Free)
Blaise Matuidi = Juventus to Inter Miami (Free)
Willian = Chelsea to Arsenal (Free)
Jan Vertonghen = Tottenham Hotspur to Benfica (Free)
David Silva = Manchester City to Real Sociedad (Free)
John Obi Mikel = Unattached to Stoke City (Free)
Joe Hart = Burnley to Tottenham Hotspur (Free)
Jeff Hendrick = Burnley to Newcastle United (Free)
Malang Sarr = Nice to Chelsea (Free)
Thiago Silva = PSG to Chelsea (Free)
Roberto = West Ham United to Real Valladolid (Free)
Ryan Fraser = Bournemouth to Newcastle United (Free)
Edinson Cavani = PSG to Manchester United (Free)
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting = PSG to Bayern Munich (Free)
Mario Gotze = Borussia Dortmund to PSV Eindhoven (Free)
Nathaniel Clyne = Liverpool to Crystal Palace (Free)
Danny Welbeck = Watford to Brighton (Free)
Jack Harrison = Manchester City to Leeds United (Loan)
Tahith Chong = Manchester United to Werder Bremen (Loan)
Reinier = Real Madrid to Borussia Dortmund (Loan)
Mario Lemina = Southampton to Fulham (Loan)
Dani Ceballos = Real Madrid to Arsenal (Loan)
Brahim Diaz = Real Madrid to AC Milan (Loan)
Ethan Ampadu = Chelsea to Sheffield United (Loan)
Angelino = Manchester City to RB Leipzig (Loan)
Alphonse Areola = PSG to Fulham (Loan)
Vitinha = FC Porto to Wolves (Loan)
Michy Batshuayi = Chelsea to Crystal Palace (Loan)
Ola Aina = Torino to Fulham (Loan)
Conor Gallagher = Chelsea to West Brom (Loan)
Lewis Baker = Chelsea to Trabzonspor (Loan)
Gareth Bale = Real Madrid to Tottenham Hotspur (Loan)
Cengiz Under = AS Roma to Leicester City (Loan)
Alvaro Morata = Atletico Madrid to Juventus (Loan)
Loris Karius = Liverpool to Union Berlin (Loan)
Filip Krovinovic = Benfica to West Brom (Loan)
Ross Barkley = Chelsea to Aston Villa (Loan)
Ademola Lookman = RB Leipzig to Fulham (Loan)
Carlos Vinicius = Benfica to Tottenham Hotspur (Loan)
Matt Miazga = Chelsea to Anderlecht (Loan)
Rayan Ait-Nouri = Angers to Wolves (Loan)
Diogo Dalot = Manchester United to AC Milan (Loan)
Moise Kean = Everton to Paris St-Germain (Loan)
Theo Walcott = Everton to Southampton (Loan)
Joachim Andersen = Lyon to Fulham (Loan)
Robin Olsen = AS Roma to Everton (Loan)
Ryan Sessegnon = Tottenham Hotspur to Hoffenheim (Loan)
Matteo Darmian = Parma to Inter Milan (Loan)
Douglas Costa = Juventus to Bayern Munich (Loan)
Ruben Vinagre = Wolves to Olympiakos (Loan)
Matteo Guendouzi = Arsenal to Hertha Berlin (Loan)
Tiemoue Bakayoko = Chelsea to Napoli (Loan)
Federico Chiesa = Fiorentina to Juventus (Loan)
Sofiane Boufal = Southampton to Angers (Loan)
Lucas Torreira = Arsenal to Atletico Madrid (Loan)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek = Chelsea to Fulham (Loan)
Marko Grujic = Liverpool to FC Porto (Loan)
Malang Sarr = Chelsea to FC Porto (Loan)
Marco van Ginkel = Chelsea to PSV Eindhoven (Loan)
Victor Moses = Chelsea to Spartak Moscow (Loan)
Updated to October 18
Arthur = Barcelona to Juventus (66m)
Ruben Dias = Benfica to Manchester City (65m)
Miralem Pjanic = Juventus to Barcelona (54.9m)
Thomas Partey = Atletico Madrid to Arsenal (45.3m)
Ben Chilwell = Leicester City to Chelsea (45m)
Leroy Sane = Manchester City to Bayern Munich (44.7m)
Diogo Jota = Wolves to Liverpool (41m)
Nathan Ake = Bournemouth to Manchester City (40m)
Achraf Hakimi = Real Madrid to Inter Milan (36m)
Donny van de Beek = Ajax to Manchester United (35m)
Fabio Silva = FC Porto to Wolves (35m)
Ollie Watkins = Brentford to Aston Villa (28m)
Nelson Semedo = Barcelona to Wolves (27.6m)
Rodrigo = Valencia to Leeds United (26m)
Gabriel Magalhaes = Lille to Arsenal (26m)
Timothy Castagne = Atalanta to Leicester City (25m)
Ben Godfrey = Norwich City to Everton (25m)
Rhian Brewster = Liverpool to Sheffield United (23.5m)
Allan = Napoli to Everton (21.7m)
Ferran Torres = Valencia to Manchester City (20.87m)
Abdoulaye Doucoure = Watford to Everton (20m)
Callum Wilson = Bournemouth to Newcastle United (20m)
Thiago Alcantara = Bayern Munich to Liverpool (20m)
Eberechi Eze = QPR to Crystal Palace (19.5m)
Sergino Dest = Ajax to Barcelona (19m)
Aaron Ramsdale = Bournemouth to Sheffield United (18.5m)
Grady Diangana = West Ham United to West Brom (18m)
Emiliano Martinez = Arsenal to Aston Villa (17m)
Bertrand Traore = Lyon to Aston Villa (17m)
Raphinha = Rennes to Leeds United (17m)
Helder Costa = Wolves to Leeds United (16m)
Matty Cash = Nottingham Forest to Aston Villa (16m)
Pervis Estupinan = Watford to Villarreal (15m)
Nicolas Otamendi = Manchester City to Benfica (13.7m)
Alex Telles = FC Porto to Manchester United (13.6m)
Chris Smalling = Manchester United to AS Roma (13.6m)
James Rodriguez = Real Madrid to Everton (12m)
Kostas Tsimikas = Olympiakos to Liverpool (11.7m)
Joe Rodon = Swansea to Tottenham Hotspur (11m)
Dejan Lovren = Liverpool to Zenit St Petersburg (10.9m)
Mohammed Salisu = Real Valladolid to Southampton (10.9m)
Ki-Jana Hoever = Liverpool to Wolves (9m)
Facundo Pellistri = Penarol to Manchester United (9m)
Stephy Mavididi = Juventus to Montpellier (5.7m)
Vladimir Coufal = Slavia Prague to West Ham United (5.4m)
Jordan Hugill = West Ham United to Norwich City (5m)
Albian Ajeti = West Ham United to Celtic (4.5m)
Terence Kongolo = Huddersfield to Fulham (4m)
Antonee Robinson = Wigan Athletic to Fulham (2m)
Marcal = Lyon to Wolves (1.78m)
Ivan Rakitic = Barcelona to Sevilla (1.5m)
Aaron Hickey = Hearts to Bologna (1.5m)
Jack Butland = Stoke to Crystal Palace (1m)
Timo Werner = RB Leipzig to Chelsea (Undisclosed)
Morgan Schneiderlin = Everton to Nice (Undisclosed)
Pablo Mari = Flamengo to Arsenal (Undisclosed)
Cedric Soares = Southampton to Arsenal (Undisclosed)
Anthony Knockaert = Brighton to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Zak Emmerson = Oldham to Brighton (Undisclosed)
Jude Bellingham = Birmingham City to Borussia Dortmund (Undisclosed)
Illan Meslier = Lorient to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Joel Veltman = Ajax to Brighton (Undisclosed)
Victor Osimhen = Lille to Napoli (Undisclosed)
Alexis Sanchez = Manchester United to Inter Milan (Undisclosed)
Joe Gelhardt = Wigan Athletic to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Charlie Allen = Linfield to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg = Southampton to Tottenham Hotspur (Undisclosed)
Kyle Walker-Peters = Tottenham Hotspur to Southampton (Undisclosed)
Cody Drameh = Fulham to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Bartosz Kapustka = Leicester City to Legia Warsaw (Undisclosed)
Will Norris = Wolves to Burnley (Undisclosed)
Matheus Pereira = Sporting Lisbon to West Brom (Undisclosed)
Ben Chrisene = Exeter to Aston Villa (Undisclosed)
Martin Montoya = Brighton to Real Betis (Undisclosed)
Aaron Mooy = Brighton to Shanghai SIPG (Undisclosed)
Robin Koch = Freiburg to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Matt Doherty = Wolves to Tottenham Hotspur (Undisclosed)
Harrison Reed = Southampton to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan = Arsenal to AS Roma (Undisclosed)
David Button = Brighton to West Brom (Undisclosed)
Cedric Kipre = Wigan to West Brom (Undisclosed)
Jayden Bogle = Derby County to Sheffield United (Undisclosed)
Max Lowe = Derby County to Sheffield United (Undisclosed)
Jamal Lewis = Norwich City to Newcastle United (Undisclosed)
Aleksandar Kolarov = AS Roma to Inter Milan (Undisclosed)
Oliver Burke = West Brom to Sheffield United (Swap)
Callum Robinson = Sheffield United to West Brom (Swap)
Kenny Tete = Lyon to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Sergio Reguilon = Real Madrid to Tottenham Hotspur (Undisclosed)
Runar Alex Runarsson = Dijon to Arsenal (Undisclosed)
Alexander Sorloth = Crystal Palace to RB Leipzig (Undisclosed)
Diego Llorente = Real Sociedad to Leeds United (Undisclosed)
Edouard Mendy = Rennes to Chelsea (Undisclosed)
Dale Stephens = Brighton to Burnley (Undisclosed)
Luis Suarez = Barcelona to Atletico Madrid (Undisclosed)
Kevin-Prince Boateng = Fiorentina to Monza (Undisclosed)
Wesley Fofana = Saint-Etienne to Leicester City (Undisclosed)
Andi Zeqiri = Lausanne-Sport to Brighton (Undisclosed)
Adrien Silva = Leicester City to Sampdoria (Undisclosed)
Ibrahima Diallo = Brest to Southampton (Undisclosed)
Tosin Adarabioyo = Manchester City to Fulham (Undisclosed)
Craig Gordon = Celtic to Hearts (Free)
Wes Foderingham = Rangers to Sheffield United (Free)
Adam Lallana = Liverpool to Brighton (Free)
Blaise Matuidi = Juventus to Inter Miami (Free)
Willian = Chelsea to Arsenal (Free)
Jan Vertonghen = Tottenham Hotspur to Benfica (Free)
David Silva = Manchester City to Real Sociedad (Free)
John Obi Mikel = Unattached to Stoke City (Free)
Joe Hart = Burnley to Tottenham Hotspur (Free)
Jeff Hendrick = Burnley to Newcastle United (Free)
Malang Sarr = Nice to Chelsea (Free)
Thiago Silva = PSG to Chelsea (Free)
Roberto = West Ham United to Real Valladolid (Free)
Ryan Fraser = Bournemouth to Newcastle United (Free)
Edinson Cavani = PSG to Manchester United (Free)
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting = PSG to Bayern Munich (Free)
Mario Gotze = Borussia Dortmund to PSV Eindhoven (Free)
Nathaniel Clyne = Liverpool to Crystal Palace (Free)
Danny Welbeck = Watford to Brighton (Free)
Jack Harrison = Manchester City to Leeds United (Loan)
Tahith Chong = Manchester United to Werder Bremen (Loan)
Reinier = Real Madrid to Borussia Dortmund (Loan)
Mario Lemina = Southampton to Fulham (Loan)
Dani Ceballos = Real Madrid to Arsenal (Loan)
Brahim Diaz = Real Madrid to AC Milan (Loan)
Ethan Ampadu = Chelsea to Sheffield United (Loan)
Angelino = Manchester City to RB Leipzig (Loan)
Alphonse Areola = PSG to Fulham (Loan)
Vitinha = FC Porto to Wolves (Loan)
Michy Batshuayi = Chelsea to Crystal Palace (Loan)
Ola Aina = Torino to Fulham (Loan)
Conor Gallagher = Chelsea to West Brom (Loan)
Lewis Baker = Chelsea to Trabzonspor (Loan)
Gareth Bale = Real Madrid to Tottenham Hotspur (Loan)
Cengiz Under = AS Roma to Leicester City (Loan)
Alvaro Morata = Atletico Madrid to Juventus (Loan)
Loris Karius = Liverpool to Union Berlin (Loan)
Filip Krovinovic = Benfica to West Brom (Loan)
Ross Barkley = Chelsea to Aston Villa (Loan)
Ademola Lookman = RB Leipzig to Fulham (Loan)
Carlos Vinicius = Benfica to Tottenham Hotspur (Loan)
Matt Miazga = Chelsea to Anderlecht (Loan)
Rayan Ait-Nouri = Angers to Wolves (Loan)
Diogo Dalot = Manchester United to AC Milan (Loan)
Moise Kean = Everton to Paris St-Germain (Loan)
Theo Walcott = Everton to Southampton (Loan)
Joachim Andersen = Lyon to Fulham (Loan)
Robin Olsen = AS Roma to Everton (Loan)
Ryan Sessegnon = Tottenham Hotspur to Hoffenheim (Loan)
Matteo Darmian = Parma to Inter Milan (Loan)
Douglas Costa = Juventus to Bayern Munich (Loan)
Ruben Vinagre = Wolves to Olympiakos (Loan)
Matteo Guendouzi = Arsenal to Hertha Berlin (Loan)
Tiemoue Bakayoko = Chelsea to Napoli (Loan)
Federico Chiesa = Fiorentina to Juventus (Loan)
Sofiane Boufal = Southampton to Angers (Loan)
Lucas Torreira = Arsenal to Atletico Madrid (Loan)
Ruben Loftus-Cheek = Chelsea to Fulham (Loan)
Marko Grujic = Liverpool to FC Porto (Loan)
Malang Sarr = Chelsea to FC Porto (Loan)
Marco van Ginkel = Chelsea to PSV Eindhoven (Loan)
Victor Moses = Chelsea to Spartak Moscow (Loan)
Updated to October 18
Last edited by Jezza on Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:49 am, edited 20 times in total.
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Spanish extradition: what really happened to Bale in Madrid
"By the end, the only bond between Gareth Bale and Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid was one of mutual contempt. The pair had always had a fractious relationship, but when Bale and Zidane could not even bring themselves to exchange a cursory "Good morning" at Real's training complex, it was clear to all parties that the Welshman's time at the club was over.
...
For Bale, the move represents a liberation from the stifling atmosphere of Madrid, where his relationship with Zidane and sections of the Real fan base had grown toxic. Bale was worn down by all the politics, the PR spin and hysterical headlines which accompanied his every move. They were repeated so often as to become cliched: he was more interested in playing golf than football, he had not bothered to learn the language, he was despised by many of his teammates.
...
This only reinforced Bale's desire to leave, with Zidane equally frustrated at the club's failure to offload a player he had no intention of making a mainstay of his team. Relations between the pair had been sour ever since the Frenchman's first spell in charge at Real, when they are understood to have disagreed over Zidane's training methods. Bale was picking up niggly injuries, something he felt was due to how he was being used in training. While he reported for duty every day, it was then that the deep-freeze treatment began.
...
Manchester United had been interested for some time but never got remotely close to meaningful negotiations. Bayern Munich also inquired over a deal but simply could not afford it.
With Real agreeing to pay more than 50 per cent of his Β£600,000-a-week salary to facilitate a move, the sums finally added up for Levy. Bale's return happened relatively quickly, as he signed on loan until June next year. There is no option to extend it to next season - which will be the final year of his contract in Madrid - but Bale and his camp are open-minded if this year goes well.
...
Zidane, for one, may yet rue the day he allowed his relationship with Real's most expensive signing to turn so sour."
(Telegraph, London)
"By the end, the only bond between Gareth Bale and Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid was one of mutual contempt. The pair had always had a fractious relationship, but when Bale and Zidane could not even bring themselves to exchange a cursory "Good morning" at Real's training complex, it was clear to all parties that the Welshman's time at the club was over.
...
For Bale, the move represents a liberation from the stifling atmosphere of Madrid, where his relationship with Zidane and sections of the Real fan base had grown toxic. Bale was worn down by all the politics, the PR spin and hysterical headlines which accompanied his every move. They were repeated so often as to become cliched: he was more interested in playing golf than football, he had not bothered to learn the language, he was despised by many of his teammates.
...
This only reinforced Bale's desire to leave, with Zidane equally frustrated at the club's failure to offload a player he had no intention of making a mainstay of his team. Relations between the pair had been sour ever since the Frenchman's first spell in charge at Real, when they are understood to have disagreed over Zidane's training methods. Bale was picking up niggly injuries, something he felt was due to how he was being used in training. While he reported for duty every day, it was then that the deep-freeze treatment began.
...
Manchester United had been interested for some time but never got remotely close to meaningful negotiations. Bayern Munich also inquired over a deal but simply could not afford it.
With Real agreeing to pay more than 50 per cent of his Β£600,000-a-week salary to facilitate a move, the sums finally added up for Levy. Bale's return happened relatively quickly, as he signed on loan until June next year. There is no option to extend it to next season - which will be the final year of his contract in Madrid - but Bale and his camp are open-minded if this year goes well.
...
Zidane, for one, may yet rue the day he allowed his relationship with Real's most expensive signing to turn so sour."
(Telegraph, London)