Gareth Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett has denied rumours that the Real Madrid forward and his family were behind the collapse of his move to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning.
Jiangsu were believed to be close to securing the Welshman’s signature after offering him a deal worth around £1 million a week.
However, reports over the weekend claimed that Real Madrid had put a stop to the move as they did not want him to leave on a free transfer.
Further reports from Spain on Sunday then claimed that it was actually Bale and his family who had blocked the deal as they were reluctant to move to the Far East, instead urging his agent to find an alternative club in Europe.