By Richard Arrowsmith
Gareth Bale is prepared to tell Tottenham he wants to leave for Real Madrid in the summer, according to Goal.com.
The winger has repeatedly been linked with a move to the La Liga to either reigning champions Real or Barcelona. Jose Mourinho has made the Welshman his priority target this summer and is ready to shatter the British transfer record to land him.
Bale only signed a four-year contract in June and but wants to realise his enormous potential by playing regular Champions League football – and Spurs could be willing to listen to offers in the region of £50 million.
The White Hart Lane club would be more likely to sell the 20-year-old to Real – with whom they have a partnership agreement – than a rival Premier League club. However, the Spanish giants are not understood to have first refusal on the player.
Tottenham value Bale at around £50million, which would represent a huge profit on a player they signed from Southampton for £5million in 2007.
It is unlikely that Barcelona would meet that asking price, although the player has also attracted interest from mega-rich Manchester City in the past.
Speaking of his interest in playing for one of the La Liga greats, Bale said: “If you said to any young player that you could play for Barcelona or Real would they turn it down? Probably not.
“If a bid was accepted you would obviously have to seriously consider it.”
