5 Ramifications of Gareth Bale’s world record transfer fee.

Calm down, welsh winger Gareth Bale has not yet been confirmed as a Real Madrid player, but when he does sign for the Spanish giants, the fee rumoured will be nothing short of absurd, with most sources quoting a price of over 100 million Euros. When Bale’s move is announced, do not be surprised if the following result… 

1. Ronaldo is going to be really mad
   
   Cristiano Ronaldo is a man with a large ego, there, I said it. He will certainly not appreciate losing his record for world’s largest transfer fee, nor will he enjoy having to share the spotlight with Tottenham’s, soon to be former, Welshman. Is Madrid big enough for the two of them? Yes, yes it is, but only if Ronaldo learns to share. He has had a hard enough time digesting that he has been surpassed by Lionel Messi as the world’s best player, let alone challenged for Real Madrid’s best player; I hear the number 7 at Manchester United has been vacated by Antonio Valencia…
   
   
   
   
   In all seriousness, Ronaldo is a world class talent and the arrival of Bale should only lift the mood in the Bernabeu home dressing room, I certainly do not see an Old Trafford return on the cards for the second most successful Ronaldo ever to play the game. New manager Carlo Ancelotti will no doubt be licking his lips at the prospect of fielding a side which includes the world’s two most expensive players, Ronaldo and Bale, as well as the abundance of other stars already at his disposal. Real Madrid will be a scary side, when he gets it right.

   

   World's largest transfer fees. Bale surpasses new teammate Ronaldo by 13m.
   

   
   
2. Many people will lose all faith in humanity
   
   100 million euros is a ludicrous sum of money, no matter how you look at it. This transfer fee represents a lot of what is wrong with the world. More money is spent on the acquisition of one footballer than most countries’ defence budgets for a whole year! Perhaps, if people cared as much about helping those in need as they did about football then many of the world’s problems would be eradicated. But, let’s face it, that just simply isn’t ever going to happen.
   
   

   

   Bale's transfer fee is rather large....

   
   

   
   
3. Real Madrid will attempt to break the world record again.... obviously not soon
   
   Real Madrid are a club of high aspirations, they like to do whatever it is others are incapable of doing. No other club has the funds to fork out over 100 million in cold hard cash for a player, thus Real Madrid must! Clearly, Real aren’t going to be in any sort of rush to spend this sort of money again, but when they open up their purse again for a player of Bale’s ability and potential, don’t be surprised to see an even larger figure tossed about by the world’s richest club. Albeit, Bale is a special player, one who is coming off a ridiculous season with Tottenham Hotspur in which he claimed the title of the Premier League’s best player and practically carried his side to a fifth placed finish. Players like Bale don’t become available every day, but when one does, Real will be the likely destination considering their financial advantage over every other club. The next hundred million dollar man could already be plying his trade somewhere, nobody knows…
   
   
4. La Liga will become even less competitive
   
   As it stands, Real Madrid and Barcelona are strides ahead of any other side in La Liga, that gap will widen even further with Bale’s arrival in what is considered the world’s best league. It simply does not make for an entertaining league when two teams are head and shoulders above every other, beating teams by rugby scores week in week out. There may not be anything UEFA can do right now to correct this, with the new financial fair play rules seemingly having no impact on the transfer market what so ever, it may be the next step in club football to cap the prices of players and restrict the spending power of sides in order to obtain a more level playing field and make leagues more competitive. 
   
   
5. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will smile for days on end
   
   Tottenham’s shrewd chairman Daniel Levy will be checking his club’s account balance hourly until the money arrives, and when it does, he will do merry jig and go back to business as usual while people ask him if he was smiling as the wind changed. Tottenham have gone on an almighty spending spree this summer, with Bale’s impending transfer fee their financial backing. They have brought in some top class talent, including Brazilian Paulinho from Corinthians (€19m), French midfielder Etienne Capoue from Toulouse (€11m), Spanish hitman Roberto Soldado from Valencia (€30m) and Dutchman Nacer Chadli from FC Twente (€8m). In addition to this, they have been linked to more big money signings such as recent Chelsea recruit Willian, formerly of Anzhi Makhachkala, and aptly named Zenit winger Hulk. One thing can certainly be deduced from this massive spending, Bale is certain to leave, otherwise Tottenham will find themselves in a spot of financial bother, albeit with a ridiculously talented squad. Spurs manager Andre Villas Boas has spent the money well and he will no doubt be joining his chairman in what could perhaps end up as a season-long smile fest.
   

   

   That's a lot of beans...
   

   That’s the Rosey wrap on Gareth Bale’s transfer fee,
   
   
   Thanks for reading,
   
   
   By Jake Rosengarten