I mean seriously... Is Bale worth 10million? Football is getting rather stupid eg. 18 million for Darren Bent what is all this? British talent is becoming very rare and expensive these days. No matter what you do you have to buy players from different countries. Look at the young Brazilians. Cost the price of a portion ov chips compared to players who arnt even as good as them. With Tottenham now looking certain to but Bale for 10 million. What if he turns out bad? 10 Million down the drain. Buy some unknown player for a few 100k and if he is rubbish then its no loss!
Look at Anelka, he was sold to Arsenal for £3,000 and was sold to Bolton for £21million. How is Anelka worth that much. Ronaldinho is worth £120million - how does that work??
You may say that it is alot of money but he could prove to be the best left back in the world so it could prove to be a bargain.