Real Madrid seem to spend big on that one big player every year which is tauted to be the next big thing, they already broke their own record several times when they spend world record fee for a player transfer and Real Madrid's several transfers feature in the top 20 most expensive player transfers in the history of football. (totalsportek.com)
After a stellar year in 2013, Bale was picked up by European giants Real Madrid for a then world record fee of $ 100.8 m. (beyondtheposts.net)
Real Madrid splashed out a then world record fee of # 85m to sign Bale from Tottenham in 2013, as per BBC Sport, but naturally, given his fitness problems his value would rightly have decreased and in truth, it could be argued that it's a surprise that either Spurs or United could be willing to take the big - money gamble of signing him. (caughtoffside.com)