Madrid need cash to pay for Neymar this summer and could sell Bale to Liverpool to raise it. Sounds good to us. The rumour mill spits out all kinds of convoluted content in an effort to fill pages and drive clicks, and Spanish outlet Sport have today released a classic of the genre by suggesting Real Madrid could sell Gareth Bale to Liverpool in order to fund their purchase of Neymar from Paris Saint-Germain this summer.
As the theory goes, with Madrid are having a torrid time of it in La Liga this season—15 points off leaders Barcelona and at risk of finishing fourth behind Valencia and local rivals Atletico Madrid—there is going to be some big spending this summer at the Bernabeu. And it doesn’t get bigger than Neymar.
As for the 26-year-old Brazilian, he made the switch from Barcel...