Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, says the forward has returned to north London and not linked up with another club, such as Manchester United, because Tottenham “made the move first”.
The Wales international has finally secured a switch away from Real Madrid after several windows of intense speculation regarding his future.
Struggles at Santiago Bernabeu had seen a move mooted for some time, with Zinedine Zidane taking to freezing Bale out of his plans.
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