Florentino Perez revealed in an interview with Spanish radio station SER that Manchester United tried to sign Gareth Bale last summer.
French newspaper L’Equipe claimed a few days ago that the Red Devils had offered Tottenham Hotspur a record 150 million euros for the Welshman, but the player insisted on signing for Real Madrid and Daniel Levy had to accept Los Blancos lower offer.
Perez has not given details of the amount, but he has confirmed there was a United bid. “Tottenham did not want to sell. We learned that Manchester United had made an offer and we made one ourselves,” he told radio program El Larguero.
“Since childhood he had the dream of playing for Real Madrid and asked us to make it possible for him to come,” Perez added.
Real Madrid’s president tried to justify the price paid for Bale throughout the interview claiming “Bale has come cheaply”. “Signing the best players out there is Madrid’s philosophy and Bale was the best available player on the market this summer”, he affirmed.
Gareth Bale moved to Madrid from Spurs for an amount between 91 and 96 million euros after negotiations that lasted the whole summer transfer window.
