No talks, no offer: Real Madrid yet to make first move in £80m Bale bid, says agent

Gareth Bale agent Jonathan Barnett says there has been no offer yet from Real Madrid for the Tottenham midfielder.
Barnett says talks are still to take place between the two clubs despite £80m-rated Bale being targeted as a priority by Real president Florentino Perez.
Barnett, talking to 'Futboleros' on Marca TV said: 'Bale has not said no, nor yes. There's no offer from Madrid; they have to talk between themselves and we will see what happens.

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'He was at Malaga airport [on Tuesday], he's been in Marbella on holiday. He comes back to Tottenham for pre-season training next week.'
Bale said in interview with Esquire magazine this week that playing in the Champions League is key to him.
He said: 'When you play in the Premier League, say you're playing against a lower-end team, they set up to defend all the time, they set up to block you off. But when you play in the Champions League, all the other teams are used to winning every week, so it's more of an open game, it's more attacking, end-to-end.

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'No one's used to defending, everyone's used to attacking and trying to win games, so it's just all against all.'
He added: 'The music is a massive thing - Zadok the Priest (Handel's anthem that announces the arrival of the teams). When we first got into the Champions League, it's one of the things that most of the lads were looking forward to, hearing it in the stadium. It's little things like that which make it special.'