Gareth Bale's proposed move to China is OFF and he will be staying at Real Madrid, according to BBC Correspondent David Ornstein.
It is also understood Real Madrid called the deal off, possibly due to Asensio's season-ending injury.
It had been widely reported that the forward would join Jiangsu Suning in a deal which would see Bale earn an eye-watering €1m per week - doubling his current salary.
Bale is not part of Zinedine Zidane’s plans at the Bernabeu, while the Madrid fans have turned on him.
He has three years remaining on his Madrid contract and his hefty wage bill means that he has no strong desire to exit the club this summer despite the wishes of the hierarchy in the Spanish capital.
Bale scored 14 goals with six assists in 42 competitive games last season.
Jiangsu Suning, who also 70% ownership of Italian club Inter, are one of Chinese football’s richest clubs but a 100% tax exists on foreign arrivals which could hamper any deal.
Coobilp
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[Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh] This transfer window is obviously more interesting that football itself
osatrab
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Yo my name is Gareth Bale I look like a whale I am going to jail I am probably going to pay my bail I inhale And I also exhale I like to sail I’ve got a big tail I ride my bike along a mountain trail Real Madrid is the holy grail There is hail I can read Braille I love eating kale I look like a snail I went to read my mail Seems like my move to China will derail 😂
Robinsonde
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Look like the 7-goal loss wakes Madrid up to keep Bale
AntoJaison
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Many more hilarious moments to watch by being on the bench🤣😂
BetselotEyob
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Sorry Zidane I'm staying
sirpaul42
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Congrats to bale..... the 7-3 is just the first of many other gifts Madrid will get this season. 😂
Charlesugwu
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What are we to believe these days? Today, Bale off to China. Tomorrow, he is staying at Madrid. As a reporter to BBC? Maybe the Chinese club signed him and loaned him back to Real.
Zouaknoruy
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why is he clinging to Madrid has if he can't prove himself somewhere else.. there was a lot of big clubs after him but fights to stay at madrid where hes not valued and does not get playing time and its not like hes young and have time...more than half of his madrid career has neen like this... i think he stays only for the money they pay him cause no other big european club will pay him that much... I have no simpathy for him any player with pride would have leaved already he only stays for money ... he even tried a ronaldo stunt and threatened to leave and n no one at madrid cared and told him he coyld leave but he's still there acting like someone hanging on to him and act like he loves so much he doesnt want to leave he can't even speak spanish and hes been there for what...6or 7 season and he makes a lot
TheDarKnight13
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Look like the 7-goal loss wakes Madrid up to keep Bale
Just like back to back UCL humiliation makes Barcelona cry for Neymar😂😂
shray_srivastava
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Just like back to back UCL humiliation makes Barcelona cry for Neymar😂😂
Looks like the Embarrassment in the last decade that Madrid have received in Liga has woken up Madrid hierarchy. 😂😂