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@chalfie, you would have a valid point, if we hadn't already made three purchases this transfer window already, one being the (fingers crossed) 20 goal a season striker we've been missing for the last couple, a box to box midfielder with more creativity and tactical nous to replace Parker, and a left sided winger to supplement our attacking.
Playing hardball and trying to exact the premium from Real for Bale isn't stupid as trying to get like for like replacements in the same transfer window when people know you have cash doesn't get you value for money. We've hopefully improved and if bale goes at the last minute or stays, we either have a truckload of money, plus a new player who takes time to bed in, or a disgruntled bale who has to knuckle down and play well enough to convince he wasn't a one season wonder and that he's good enough for real or a.n.other big team with deep pockets to come in for him.