Real Madrid will have to commit a staggering £200 MILLION to sign Tottenham star Gareth Bale. The Telegraph says it is understood that Tottenham are holding out for £104 million for the 24-year-old forward who is pushing hard for a move this summer. In addition Real Madrid want to pay Bale a salary of £7.8 million a year - net of tax - over a proposed six-year contract.
Given the Spanish tax laws now demand 52 per cent of salary goes to the state, the cost of Bale's wages double for the club and equates to around £150,000 a week for the player after the tax is paid.
It means that Real will have to pay £104 million to Spurs to sign Bale and just over £94 million in wages over the term of his contract. The full cost of signing Bale will be even greater when agents' fees and other payments are taken into account.
