Bale in a bit of a state after China deal collapses...

[lardy]

But do you seriously think that Real didn't know the full financial details of the deal from the very start ? To pull the plug at the last minute citing something they knew from the very beginning is the problem.

Agreed, it could hardly come as a surprise. Why let it get that far down the track? The genuine reason is something else.

[MacAdder]

Agreed, it could hardly come as a surprise. Why let it get that far down the track? The genuine reason is something else.

The "something else" is get the player all excited and let him down at the last minute.
Mind games.
These guys know how to make a man stew.

[NYCBlue]

As he is under contract they are entitled to a fee if that is what they want.

They are entitled to ask for a fee. They are not entitled to get one.

[Igovernor]

One myth debunked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQNElrcoMqs