Tottenham "interested in the transfer of Gareth Bale" and names his prize at Real Madrid

Tottenham would seriously consider bringing Gareth Bale back to North London this summer.

Real Madrid is given as a priority to unload Basel as soon as possible after Zinedine Zidane decided that the disproportionate winger had no future in the Bernabeu.

Bale has won four Champions League titles since coming to Madrid from the Spurs in 2013 for a record £ 89.2 million.

And according to the Spanish daily Marca, Londoners in the North weigh heavily on their former star.

The Spurs are expected to pay between £ 45 million and £ 54 million for the 30-year-old Welsh superstar on Tuesday.

It remains to be seen whether Madrid will accept this offer – and the heavy weekly salary of the player could also be an obstacle to any potential deal.

The problem for most interested clubs is that Bale earns £ 600,000 a week from Real Madrid and that most of his contenders are simply not ready to pay that money.

In fact, Marca says that the Spurs can only afford half that weekly salary.

The potential interest of the Spurs puts Madrid in a delicate situation, while the Spanish are desperate to sell the attacker this summer, but remain firm against their valuation of the former graduate of Southampton.

Last month, the Bale agent rejected suggestions that the Wales striker could leave Real Madrid on loan and said it would "have something exceptional "for the player to leave the Spanish capital.

Bale's high salaries meant that few clubs would be able to sign him permanently, but his agent, Jonathan Barnett, dismissed the odds of seeing him borrow and said the player was happy to stay in Madrid.

"I do not think he wants to go on loan.He has a nice life and a house in Spain.I think it would need something exceptional to leave and the loans are not On the menu."