Gareth Bale is top of Barcelona's wishlist
BARCELONA are looking at ways of raising cash
to fund a massive summer bid for Tottenham’s £50million-rated
Gareth Bale.
European champions Barca will consider selling
youngsters Cristian Tello, Isaac Cuenca and Jonathan dos Santos on
Oriol Romeu-style buy-back deals after putting Bale at the top of
their wishlist.
As first revealed by the Daily Express, Barca have
watched Wales winger Bale on several occasions this season. They
have also made discreet enquiries about how much he might cost.
Club chiefs Sandro Rosell, Andoni Zubizarreta and Josep
Bartemou have discussed Barca’s transfer strategy and how they
might approach their Bale chase.
Coach Pep Guardiola has made signing a new left-sided
player, who can operate at both ends of the pitch, his main
priority.
Barca realise the need to bring in significant cash to
finance a realistic offer. Spurs would need an enormous amount of
convincing to sell and the highly-rated trio of Tello, Cuenca and
Dos Santos could hold the key.
Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United have tracked
forwards Tello and Cuenca, both 20, but Spurs would be given first
option if they agreed to do business on Bale.
