No Bankia involvement in Bale deal, says Perez

The Welsh winger signed for the Bernabeu outfit from Tottenham in September for a reported fee of £85.3 million, sparking claims by Dutch MEP Derk Jan Eppink that the bank, which was bailed out by the Spanish government last year, had helped pay the fee.

But Perez moved to vehemently deny those claims on Thursday.

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