Manchester United have been told that Real Madrid will sell Gareth Bale for just £18.5million, according to reports. Zinedine Zidane is desperate to sell the Welshman, with his huge £600,000-a-week salary hampering their ability to make moves in the window.Bale has fallen completely out of favour with Los Blancos, making just 20 appearances in all competitions last season.
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in the market for a winger, with Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho his number one transfer priority.
However, the Bundesliga outfit are playing hardball in negotiations, slapping a £108m price-tag on his head.That fee is deemed too high by bosses at Old Trafford, particularly in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
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