Manchester United will be unsuccessful in their pursuit to sign Gareth Bale from Real Madrid.
They are the sentiments of Spanish football expert Graham Hunter who is of the belief that the Red Devils will not be able to pry the Welsh ace away from the Santiago Bernabeu.
Hunter told Revista de la Liga that United will more than likely attempt to sign former Tottenham star Bale but the 25-year old is certainly in no hurry to depart Madrid after joining in September 2013.
"You cannot stop Manchester United aspiring to sign Gareth Bale," Hunter said.
"They (Man Utd) have the budget, they tried to sign him, he turned them down when joining Real Madrid. It will not happen unless he goes to Real Madrid and says: 'Me and my family are not happy here.'
"But that is not the case at the moment, so I think for (now) United can forget it. In the future, maybe, but stories are just stories at the moment.
"There is more to come from him. He is not playing as a complete team footballer at the moment - with all his duties - as he was last season, but he keeps winning them games.
"And if he does what he did last season and wins them more trophies, then why should he leave?"
Since joining from Spurs for £85million, Bale has scored 31 goals and provided 24 assists in 64 appearances for the European champions.
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