Expensive purchase: Real Madrid’s new signing Gareth Bale (Picture: AP)

Zinedine Zidane believes it was ‘incomprehensible’ that Real Madrid paid Tottenham £86million to sign Gareth Bale.

The former France international, and current director of football at the Spanish club, broke rank to announce no player is worth that amount of money.

Bale joined Los Blancos club on transfer deadline day for a world record fee after months of speculation.

Zidane signed for the nine-time European champions in 2001 for a then record fee and said at the time the amount was over the top.


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Price issue: Zinedine Zidane has said no player is worth £86million (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

He was instrumental in luring the Wales international to Real, making repeated statements to Madrid newspaper Marca that the 24-year-old from Cardiff should join Madrid.



But now Zidane says he cannot comprehend the money involved in Bale’s move.

‘Ten years ago I was bought for £63m and I said I was not worth this,’ he said.

‘Now I would think that a player is not worth this. It’s football, unfortunately it’s incomprehensible with what is happening to pay so much.’

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