The leaking of documents revealing the financial details of Gareth Bale's world record transfer to Real Madrid has sparked fury with the player's representatives - and panic at the club.
The details of Bale’s move from Spurs to Madrid in 2013 were released by website Football Leaks and confirmed that the deal was a world record, also eclipsing the fee paid to Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo four years earlier.
Real have always claimed the Bale deal was worth €91.59 million, with Ronaldo's fee eclipsing that at €96 million, but the leaked documents have reported that Bale’s fee amounted to €100,759,418 after they opted to pay Spurs in instalments rather than up front.
The transfer document, released by Football Leaks show that the total cost for Bale was actually €99,743.542, which at the 2013 exchange rate was £85,131,147 a sum higher than that of Cristiano Ronaldo when he moved from Manchester United.
Jonathan Barnett, who represents Bale, has called the leak "outrageous"
and demanded that the source of the leak is investigated.
Barnett said to The Telegraph :
“There should be an inquiry and an independent investigation … I think it’s disgraceful that people can get hold of this sort of stuff. It shows complete disregard for both clubs and the player.”
When Real Madrid bought Bale they agreed to pay the fee to Tottenham in four installments.
The first installment of €24,935,895 was paid within 10 working days of
the agreed sale. The next (also €24,935,895) was due by July 24 2014.
The third (again €24,935,895 ) was due a year after that and the final
installment of £21,282,787 is set to be paid on July 24 2016.
It is believed in some quarters that REAL Madrid president Florentino
Perez said Ronaldo was more expensive than Bale because he didn't want
to bruise the Portuguese's ego.
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