What else could be bought for Gareth Bale money?

After Welshman's 100 million euro move to Real Madrid, MiD DAY lists what else can be bought in the footballing terms in the same amount

2,03,062 of the costliest 2014 World Cup tickets

10,49,383 of the costliest Tottenham Hotspur tickets

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Neymar + Mario Götze (with £6 million to spare)

5,667 Wayne Rooney hair transplants

Tottenham Hotspur’s new look midfield (Capoue, Eriksen, Lamela, Paulinho, Chadli with £10 million to spare)

Three Luka Modrics (with £6 million to spare)

100 MILLION euros (£85 MILLION) *Price Gareth Bale was sold for according to British newspaper reports

The progression of world-record transfers...
After Gareth Bale’s move to Real Madrid, PA Sport looks back at the historic deals that pushed the world transfer record to new levels:

£10,890u00a0David Jacku00a0(Bolton to Arsenal, 1928)

£1,42,000 Luis Suarez (Barcelona to Inter Milan, 1961)

£1.2milu00a0Giuseppe Savoldi (Bologna to Napoli, 1975)

£6.9milu00a0Diego Maradona (Barcelona to Napoli, 1984)

£10milu00a0Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille to AC Milan, 1992)

£15milu00a0Alan Shearer (Blackburn to Newcastle, 1996)

£21.5milu00a0Denilson (Sao Paulo to Real Betis, 1998)

£32milu00a0Christian Vieri (Lazio to Inter Milan, 1999)

£46milu00a0Zinedine Zidane (Juventus to Real Madrid, 2001)

£56milu00a0Kaka (AC Milan to Real Madrid, 2009)

£80milu00a0Cristiano Ronaldo

(Manchester United to Real Madrid, 2009)u00a0

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