Tottenham seal Bale deal
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Tottenham seal Bale deal
Tottenham have completed the signing of Southampton full-back Gareth Bale for a fee that could rise to £10million.
Southampton will receive an immediate payment of £5million, with further conditional payments up to a total additional consideration of £5million.
The 17-year-old Wales international has enjoyed a fine campaign on the South Coast but following Southampton's play-off defeat at the semi-final stage, Bale has elected to step-up to the Premiership by moving to White Hart Lane.
Bale, who was tracked by several of the country's biggest clubs before plumping for Spurs, is looking to the future with understandable excitement.
"I am just excited to be coming to a big club, a massive club like Tottenham," Bale told the club's official website.
"I want to play in the Premiership, Tottenham is a club pushing forward and I want to be part of its future."
Tottenham's Sporting Director Damien Comolli believes Bale has all the attributes to quickly establish himself as a regular in Martin Jol's first team.
"We have been following Gareth for a long time now and have been very tenacious, so we are absolutely delighted to get him here," said Comolli.
"He is a player of great quality and, as we always say, our aim in each window is to improve the quality of the squad.
"Gareth has great physical attributes, he is tall, good in the air and has a fantastic left foot. He is very good on set pieces, he is clever on the ball and his passing selection is excellent.
"He has the ideal combination to become a top, top player and he is only 17." -
Not surprised
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dey jz keep signing
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wow.. finally comfirmed.. looking forward
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. I wanted to see him at United.
Oh well, Fergie is a transfer nut.
Cheers.
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wonder who jol's gonna chuck out...assou ekotto or lee pyo pyo??
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prob. assou ekotto. injury prone and inconsistent.Originally posted by The man who was death:wonder who jol's gonna chuck out...assou ekotto or lee pyo pyo?? -
good la, let spurs breed him up good, den after a few years some big club wil buy him.
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right move for bale cos spurs never had a proper left back. but i think the price is too much