The stage at the Santiago Bernabéu was dismantled today without Gareth Bale having set foot on it. Real Madrid face Athletic Bilbao in the stadium on Sunday morning with the Welshman's move agreed between Tottenham and the Spanish club but still not officially signed off. Until that happens, there is caution – publicly, at least. Madrid hope to be able to make the deal official in time to present him before he reports for international duty with Wales on Tuesday.
The Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti refused to talk about Bale at the club's Valdebebas training ground, insisting: "He's still a Tottenham player." He then added: "I don't know how long he will be a Tottenham player for but today he is."
Sources at Madrid claimed that a deal had been agreed worth £78m, around €90m. That would not make Bale the world's most expensive player. When Cristiano Ronaldo moved from Manchester United to Spain four years ago, he cost £80m, around €93m. But the figures coming out of White Hart Lane are rather higher, with some sources insisting that the real fee is more than €100m. André Villas-Boas had already insisted that Bale would go for a "world record".
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