Man Utd transfer news: Red Devils plan ‘eye-watering’ bid for Gareth Bale

Welsh star will discuss Real Madrid future
after his Champions League final heroics against Liverpool

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The paper claims that the Old Trafford club are more determined
than ever to try and prise the 28-year-old from the Bernabeu in the
wake of his heroics in Kiev.

Speaking after his man-of-the-match performance, Bale made
what many have interpreted as an ultimatum to Real coach Zinedine
Zidane, declaring: “I need to be playing week in week out and that
hasn’t happened this season for one reason or another.”

With Zidane refusing to give the Welshman any guarantee
that he will be a regular starter next season, speculation is
growing in Spain that Bale will be open to offers this summer,
particularly with reports that the club is increasingly hopeful of
signing Neymar from PSG.

Consequently, the MEN believes that United are lining up
an eye-watering bid for a player they first tried to sign in 2007
“when he was a teenager at Southampton”.

Scholes: I hope Bale move happens

Such a move would get Paul Scholes’ support with the former
United midfielder telling Sky Sports he thinks the club should go all out
to land Bale. “Every United fan would want him,” said Scholes.
“Great ability, great talent, scores great goals. If it’s possible
then, yes, great, I hope it happens.”

The broadcaster adds that Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett,
will shortly sit down with Real Madrid officials to decide his
client’s future, but one thing is certain: he will not be returning
to Tottenham because his wage demands and transfer fee “make any
deal financially unfeasible for his former club”.

Villa star Grealish also linked

If United fail in their quest to sign Bale then The Sun says they may instead make a move for
Aston Villa ace Jack Grealish. Although the 22-year-old isn’t quite
the household name of the Real superstar, the Sun says like the
Welshman, Grealish is known for his “driving runs through midfield
from deep-lying positions”.

The Guardian says that Villa’s failure to
secure promotion to the Premier League this season could be the
catalyst for Grealish’s exit but the paper believes he’s more
likely to move a club such as West Brom, Stoke City or Swansea,
than to United where he would struggle to get much game time at a
period in his career when he needs to be playing week in, week
out.