Manchester United tried .
Manchester United failed with extravagantly expensive bids to sign Bale from Real Madrid last summer , but a move that could see both clubs acquiring top quality players may be more palatable to the hierarchy at the Spanish club .
Manchester United tried and failed with extravagantly expensive bids to sign Bale from Real Madrid last summer , but a move that could see both clubs acquiring top quality players may be more palatable to the hierarchy at the Spanish club .