Arsène Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson may not be soulmates but they share a key regret. Both men thought long and hard about signing the teenage Gareth Bale from Southampton but, ultimately, Wenger believed Arsenal could do without the Welshman while Ferguson suspected he was being asked to part with too much of Manchester United's money and said "no deal".
The then left-back ended up at Tottenham and, six years on, is the subject of a hitherto firmly resisted £86m bid from Real Madrid. If the price is deemed right by Daniel Levy, the Spurs chairman and a consummate negotiator, Bale, whose feet are itchy, would become the subject of the world's most expensive football transfer. Meanwhile Wenger and Ferguson can only rue their failure to second guess the 24-year-old's metamorphosis from full-back to left-winger to marauding attacking free spirit. Usurping Cristiano Ronaldo would be final step in Gareth Bale evolution | Football | The Guardian:
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