On Friday evening, Marca came with a big claim saying Gareth Bale is on the verge of leaving Real Madrid for Jiangsu Suning.
Then many other media publications pushed their own versions of the story, many picking a fee they believed the Chinese club would be paying for the Welshman.
Well, Marca have another claim in their Saturday newspaper, and they report a transfer fee of their own.
€0m. Nothing. Not a Euro.
Jiangsu Suning could even announce the player’s arrival today, despite him taking part in Real Madrid’s 7-3 defeat to Atletico in the early hours of this morning.
Once again it’s explained Bale will earn a salary of €22m per season, after tax, on a three year deal.
Zinedine Zidane has won his power struggle, and there’s already a feeling around Madrid that trouble could be ahead. The friendly loss on its own doesn’t mean a great deal, other than embarrassment, but the pressure is already on the manager after a very poor end to last season.