£1 M A WEEK
Bale offered amazing deal by Beijing club after he’s shown door by Zidane at Rea l
GARETH BALE has been offered a staggering £1million-a-week package to go to China.
Beijing Guoan are chasing the 30-year-old, with Real Madrid desperate to offload him this summer.
Bayern Munich are interested, while Bale has been mentioned as part of a swap deal to lure Neymar to the Bernabeu from Paris Saint-Germain.
Bale has been ruthlessly frozen out by Zinedine Zidane, with the Welshman’s agent Jonathan Barnett branding the Real boss a “disgrace”.
Bale is on £650,000-a-week
and switching to the Chinese Super League would make him the world’s highest-paid player, although it is more likely he will stay in Europe.
With Franck Ribery having left and Arjen Robben retiring, Bayern midfielder Thiago Alcantara told Bale: “We will have the door open to you.
“Robben and Bale play in similar positions on the field and we lost Robben and Ribery in our midfield.
“If Gareth wants to come, any top player who wants to come is welcome.”
Few clubs can afford Bale, who helped Real lift four Champions League trophies in six years, and he is running out of options.
There are no takers in the Premier League any longer for the former Tottenham star, but he is determined not to be forced out. He enjoys life in Spain and has three years left on his contract.
Zidane left Bale out of the match-day squad for a friendly with Bayern on Saturday, and said later: “We hope he leaves soon.”
But Barnett warned: “If and when Gareth goes it will be because it’s in the best interest of Gareth and nothing to do with Zidane pushing.”