Real chief ready for Bale talks with Levy

Gareth Bale (Action Images)

by Hugh Southon

13th June 2013 1:57pm BST

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Real Madrid president Florenino Perez is taking personal charge of the club's bid to grab forward Gareth Bale and hopes his personal relationship with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will work in his favour.

Having accepted that the Wales international is the hottest star on the planet outside of Lionel Messi, Perez is preparing his first move for the flying wing wizard as he bids to seal his own chances of re-election as president this year.

Perez recently admitted to reporters: "He's one of the best players in Europe and Real Madrid is always interested in the best".

However he intends to tred carefully in talks having accepted that Levy - whom he has come to know well - will prove as tough a negotiator as he has ever faced.

He will take his first serious moves nearer the opening of the transfer window knowing that Real are the only 'show in town' for the player.

He is coming under intense pressure from inside the Bernebeu to get Bale and a source told SportsDirect News: "Levy is one of the toughest negotiators in world football and everybody inside the game knows it.

"This move for Bale will test the president like never before and he is feeling the heat from inside the club. Bale is the only player we are really interested in this summer.

"The president has got to know the Tottenham Hotspur chairman well over the last couple of years and hopes that will help but knows he is a formidable negotiator." ----------------------------- Sports Direct