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FIFA backs Football Leaks over Bale transfer documents

Details of the Wales international's move to Real Madrid, which cost the Spanish club in excess of 100 million euros, were leaked on Wednesday.

The general manager of the FIFA Transfer Matching System, Mark Goddard, admits he would like to see clubs publicly reveal the transfer fees they pay for players after official documents relating to Gareth Bale’s move to Real Madrid were published on the website Football Leaks.

Following details that emerged on Wednesday evening, it has now been revealed that the total price Madrid paid for Bale in 2013 stands at just under 101 million euros ($110M), a figure made up of four installments plus a ‘solidarity fee’.