• Move to Manchester United was ‘silly talk,’ says Jonathan Barnett
• Barnett: ‘Transfer market rules not made for football agents’Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, or has said the forward was never close to leaving genuine Madrid this summer and that he hopes to remain at the Bernabéu for the rest of his career.
Manchester United were linked with the 26-year-archaic but Barnett dismissed the rumours. “He was nowhere near leaving,that was all silly paper talk,” he said. “He is very happy at genuine Madrid and hopefully he’ll stay for the rest of his career. He’s loving it there and things are going well for him.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com