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Madrid rejected $163 million Premier League bid for Bale, says Calderon – The World Game
Real Madrid turned down a €100 million (A$163 million) bid from a Premier League club for Gareth Bale last year, according to the Spanish side’s former president Ramon Calderon.
Bale hit out at Madrid in an explosive interview on Thursday (AEST), accusing the La Liga giants of “making things very difficult” for him to move away from the Santiago Bernabeu.
The Wales international was on the brink of joining Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning in July 2019, only for Madrid to pull the plug on a deal at the 11th hour.
And Calderon – Madrid president between 2006 and 2009 – has claimed an unnamed English club also stepped forward with a big offer for Bale 12 months a…
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