Tottenham Hotspur have received a big boost in their reported pursuit of bringing Gareth Bale back to North London.
Spurs have been linked with re-signing the Real Madrid attacker and Marca reported this week that head coach Jose Mourinho is all for trying to make it happen.
But with Bale earning £600,000 per week in the Spanish capital, there are so many financial obstacles for Tottenham to overcome.
However, The Telegraph have reported that Real are willing to pay 50 percent of the 31-year-old’s salary and it could pave the way for a return to the Premier League.
Bale admitted recently that he’d be open to joining an English club again after his electric form for the Lilywhites resulted in an £85 million move to the Bernabeu in 2013.
Here’s how Tottenham fans on Twitter have reacted to this potential boost:
If true, it’s definitely a boost, but is it any more likely that he’ll return to North London? Well, no.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy took out a £200 million loan earlier in the summer and the reality is that measure wouldn’t have been necessary if they were capable of paying £300,000-a-week wages.
That’s still £100,000 more than what star player Harry Kane earns, so it seems very unlikely that Levy will be able to fund this.
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