BALE HIM OUT
TOTTENHAM are not close to sealing a sensational return for Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale, SunSport understands.
Jose Mourinho's side have been linked with a high-profile move for the Welshman before tonight's transfer deadline.
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Reports suggest the two clubs have held talks with Bale still on the fringes of Zinedine Zidane's first team.
The Times write how chairman Daniel Levy has travelled to Madrid for talks with club president Florentino Perez.
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But Bale would need to agree to take a huge pay cut as he currently pockets a staggering £600,000-a-week wage.
Spurs already have a strict wage structure and a deal to sign Bale would completely smash their salary policy.
Any deal is likely to be on loan with a view to a permanent move but Bale's wage demands just add to the complications of the deal.
Zidane was quizzed on the possibility of letting Bale leave today but insisted he is not "contemplating him leaving".
The Frenchman said: "Gareth is here with us and I am counting on him. I am not contemplating this possibility."
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Bale left Spurs in the summer of 2013 for a then-world record £85million fee - months after Mourinho left the Bernabeu for Chelsea.
He still has a contract in the Spanish capital until the summer 2022.
In the summer, the 30-year-old was close to completing a sensational move to CHINA - but the plug was pulled by the Real Madrid board.
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