Gareth Bale in Real Madrid

On 1 September 2013, Spanish club Real Madrid announced that they had reached an agreement for the transfer of Bale,[98] signing a six-year deal for an undisclosed fee. The Spanish press (and Real Madrid TV) reported that Bale had cost £77 million (€91 million), while the British press reported a world record transfer fee of £85.3 million (€100 million), which would be above Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer record fee of £80 million (€94 million).[9][10][11][12][13] However, in January 2016, documents pertaining to the transfer were leaked which confirmed a world record transfer fee of €100.8 million (£85.1 million).[15] Bale's record was surpassed in August 2016 by Paul Pogba's record fee of €105 million (£89.2 million).[99] Bale was assigned the number 11 shirt at Madrid.