Real beg Bale to force move

Posted Saturday, June 01, 2013 by thesun.co.uk

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REAL MADRID want Gareth Bale to submit a written transfer request to Spurs and force through an £80million move to the Bernabeu.

The Spanish giants are desperate to sign the double Footballer of the Year — and are one of five clubs prepared to offer the joint-record figure.

The others are the two Manchester clubs, PSG and Barcelona.

But Real are convinced Wales winger Bale sees them as first choice — although they fear he will be too polite to take on Spurs’ hard-line chairman, Daniel Levy, and back down at the first sign of confrontation.

Bale, 23, still has three years to run on his contract and Tottenham want him to sign a new £170,000-a-week deal. But Madrid are prepared to hand him £10m a year and can also offer guaranteed Champions League football.

Their only demand is that he submits a transfer request to allow them to make formal contact and begin negotiations with his agent.

Real president Florentino Perez knows that Levy is a formidable negotiator and will not give up on Bale without a fight.

That is why he wants Bale to adopt the stance taken by Luka Modric, who forced through a £33m move to Madrid last year despite having four years left on his Spurs contract.