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Gareth Bale's proposed move to Real Madrid 'a joke': Arsenal manager

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Gareth Bale's proposed world record transfer to Real Madrid would make a joke of UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations. Tottenham is in talks with Madrid regarding a potential transfer for Bale.

Reportedly will be world record transfer fee

Tottenham Hotspur's Welsh midfielder Gareth Bale looks at his phone as he leaves the ground after the English Premier League football match. Tottenham is in talks with Madrid regarding a potential world record transfer for Bale. (Ian Kington/Getty Images)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Gareth Bale's proposed world record transfer to Real Madrid would make a joke of UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations.

Tottenham is in talks with Madrid regarding a potential transfer for Bale, with reports saying the fee would exceed the record 80-million pounds that Madrid paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

Financial Fair Play aims to stop clubs entering European competitions from repeatedly spending more than they earn.

Wenger says "it's quite amazing in the year when Financial Fair Play comes in, world football goes completely crazy.

"You wonder what kind of impact and effect it has on the football world. It looks like it has made everybody worse than before. It makes a joke of it."