Leaked document: Gareth Bale cost more than Cristiano Ronaldo

However, Real Madrid could have paid a significantly smaller sum had they paid the fee within 15 days in one payment, as the “spot price” that was fixed was €91,589,842, a fee that was lesser than what Real Madrid paid for Ronaldo.

An apparent transfer agreement document – published by AS via Football Leaks – states that the London club have 72 hours to match any accepted bid from another Premier League club. It is also highly improbable that Spurs would be able to match the kind of offer needed for Madrid to consider selling the Welshman.

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Real Madrid have always maintained that they paid Manchester United more for the services of Cristiano Ronaldo, with the British press insisting otherwise.

The official amount announced to the press, for the deal, would be £78m.

Furthermore, the documents included a clause that Spurs were banned from revealing the true cost and that Real would only release the up-front agreed cost of £78m.

AS have focused on the fact that Bale’s move to the Santiago Bernabeu was – and still is – the world record transfer after Real Madrid paid over €100m (£77.4m, $109m) to Tottenham for his services.

Real Madrid paid Tottenham €100,759,417 (£84.5 million/$132 million) for Bale, as was widely reported at the time of his transfer.

“Real Madrid undertakes to procure that the Player shall not, either directly or indirectly, in public of through the media, make any negative or derogatory comments regarding TOTTENHAM, it’s Chairman, its Board and/or any of its employees”, the clause reads.