Man Utd could make Bale highest paid player in Premier League
According to a report in The Times, Manchester United could be willing to exceed their wage ceiling to lure Gareth Bale from Real Madrid.
Following his two goals in the Champions League final against Liverpool that helped to silence his critics, there will be some at Real Madrid who will be keen to hold onto Gareth Bale. But the Welshman hinted at his departure in an interview minutes after the final, saying he needed more game time. Perhaps whoever takes over for Zinedine Zidane would be willing to give him just that, in order keep him at the Bernabeu.
But apparently Bale’s agent is not waiting around for Florentino Perez to announce the new manager, and is already weighing up options for the Welshman, one of which is Manchester United, who are willing to pay Real Madrid’s asking price, according to a report in The Times.
The British newspaper claims that The Red Devils would pay Real Madrid more than the 100 million euros they paid to sign Bale from Tottenham in 2013. It also claims that United could also be willing to match or top his current salary at Madrid, which is said to be worth 572,000 a week, including performance-related bonuses and image rights. This would make him the highest paid player in the Premier League.
Man United are willing to raise their wage ceiling for Bale
According to The Times report, Manchester United’s chief executive Ed Woodward has “regularly demonstrated a readiness to raise their wage ceiling for players of high commercial value”, as he has done to bring in Alexis Sanchez and Roman Lukaku.
Alexis Sanchez is currently the highest compensated player in the Premier League with a salary of 450,000 pounds per week (515,000 euros), which works out at around three million euros less per year than Bale. The Old Trafford outfit also pay the wages of the League’s third highest paid player, Roman Lukaku, although the Belgium striker earns around half of what the Welshman earns at Madrid.
With United aiming to reposition themselves amongst the best teams in Europe, the acquisition of a player of Bale’s caliber could help them to achieve that goal.
