Gareth Bale has agreed personal terms with Real Madrid ahead of his world-record move from Tottenham. However the great players are still in conversation, with a bid of £86m already submitted to Spurs.
“While talks in Madrid took some days, this was always a formality,” says BBC chief sports correspondent Dan Roan.
“The agreement over personal terms has no bearing on the timing of the actual transfer being announced.”
“The personal talks and expanding the personal terms is clearly not related to the negotiations between Real Madrid and Spurs regarding the amount and structuring of a transfer fee”,Roan said.
“The only thing remained is Spurs to formally accept Real Madrid’s offer and to agree on simultaneous announcements.”
Bale, who scored 26 goals for the White Hart Lane side was named player of the year by both the Professional Footballers’ Association and Football Writers last season & he joined Spurs in a £10m deal from Southampton in 2007.