Chelsea set to orchestrate Bale’s Premier League return from Madrid

Spanish outlet Don Balon claims that Bale, 28, is facing a delicate situation at the Bernabeu and the La Liga champions are fully aware that United are planning to exploit it.

Rashford remains a crucial part to Mourinho’s United side and will flit between the wing and a central role, regardless of whether Perisic completes a deal before the start of the season. Throughout his career, the United boss has always delivered a strong second season in charge of a club and often wins the league title.

“Madrid are apparently in a rush to sell so they can close the arrival of Mbappe with the new season fast approaching”.

Bale has struggled with fitness issues in the past two seasons, and Zidane would sometimes play Isco over him even when he was available.

That’s especially true if a deal for Mbappe is in the pipeline for Madrid. Their opening six matches see them play West Ham, Swansea City, Leicester City, Stoke City, Everton and Southampton. Despite missing a significant portion of his first season at Barca, he was paired with Lionel Messi and Neymar to form one of the world’s most feared attacking fronts.

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Jose Mourinho thinks he can sign Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale for LESS than £90million, according to reports in Spain.

Meanwhile Arsenal right-back Carl Jenkinson, who has been linked with a surprise move to Serie A, has been ignoring all speculation over his future.

Ronald Koeman had wanted Gunners forward Olivier Giroud, but with the France international seemingly uninterested in moving to Merseyside, Welbeck could become the focus.

Real Madrid forward Bale would likely cost in excess of £80m while a bid in the region of £160m might be required to wrestle Mbappe from Monaco. Even though he will be expensive, Bale would give the side far more quality in the final third.

“My family is happy and I am happy so, yeah, we will continue what we are doing”.

He says that the deal is still “lingering” and there are no specific noises he is hearing on the ground.

Express Sport understands Bale could leave Real Madrid this summer, with Los Blancos willing to let him go to raise funds for Monaco hitman Kylian Mbappe. Here is how Manchester United will line up with Gareth Bale.

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