Gareth Bale is now the most expensive footballer on the planet but the question remains '' Does he deserve it?
For me, the answer is N0 and I will give you my reasons backed with facts.

Bale is a great player, one of the quickest I've ever seen. He has the ability to perform and use his technique at great pace. But world most expensive footballer? Hell no!!. The last two most expensive footballers are Zinedine Zidane (2001) and C. Ronaldo (2009). Below are their records few seasons before they moved (to Real Madrid) on a record fee.

Zinedine Zidane.
Aged: 29
Year: 2001
Fee: 46million Pounds (75 million euro)
Position: Attacking mildfielder.

Records.
-Best player in Ligue 1(played in ligue 1 btw 1989-1996)
-Best Player in Serie A(twice best foreign player)
2nd runner up: FIFA World Player of the Year Award -'97.
-FIFA Best Player of the year- '98, 2000
-Played in 2 UCL Finals '97, '98
-Won World Cup- '98 (scored 2 goals in the finals)
-European Best player of the year '98
- Won Euro 2000 as the best player of tournament.
Between 1989 - 2001, he played 456 club games and scored 76 goals.
Between 1994 - 2001, he played 70 games for the French National team scoring 18 times.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Aged: 24
Year: 2009
Fee: 80million pounds(94 million euro)
Position: Winger; Forward.

Records:
-FIFPro special Player of the year - '05, '07
-Premier League Young Player of the year; FWA Player of the year; PFL fans' Player of the year; PFL Players' Player of the year - 2006/2007 (The first player to win all the PFAs and FWA)- 2006/2007
-PFA Player of the Year- 2007
-FWA Player of the year -2007
- First Runner up Ballon d'or - 2007
-2nd Runner up FIFA - World of the Year - 2007
-First winger to win Euro Golden Shoe (Scored 42 goals in 49games) -2007/2008
- EPL highest goal scorer- 31goals - 2007/2008
-UCL Player of the tournament - 2007/2008
-Ballon d'or - Dec '08
- 1st runner up FIFA World Player of the Year - '08
-FIFA World Player of the Year - Jan '09.
-Played in 2 Champions league finals '08, '09
-Inaugural winner of FIFA Puskas award - '09
- have played in Euro '04, '08 and World Cup '06
Between 2004 - 2009, he played 292 games for Man Utd scoring 118 times. For Portugese national team, he notched 22 goals in 67 games.

Gareth Bale
Aged: 24
Year: 2013
Fee: 85.3 million pounds(100million euro)
Position: Winger(since 10 /11) Free role (AM, FW, LW, SS since 11/12)

Records:
-Championship League Player of the Year - '07
-Welsh Player of the year by FAW( Football Writers Association) - '10
- BBC Cymru Sports personality of the year - Dec' 10
-PFA Players' Player of the Year - April 2011
-Named in the UEFA team of the year - 2011
-PFA Young Player of the year; PFA Players' Player of the Year, PFA Fans' Player of the Year, FWA Player of the Year - 2013.
He has played 169 games for Tottenham scoring 55 times. 49 goals (in 127 games) came from his adopted left wing/free role position.
He has played 41 games scoring 11 times. He has neither played in the World cup nor Euro and has played in the UCL once in the 2010/2011 season.

Players are judged based on their performance in club and National team games whether it is International (Euro, UCL, etc) or domestic (league). From the facts above, Bale's records before his world transfer are no where near those of his predecessors. Before Zidane and CR7 moved to RM on such a record fee they were gaints both in the domestic league and internationally ie Europe, UCL, Euro, World cup etc. Was Bale? Need I add that he is highly over priced?. Like I opined earlier, Bale is a wonderful talent but not yet a 100million euro talent, the facts are there. There are handful of 21 to 25 year olds whose individual records and performance dust those of Bale's, does it mean they're worth 150million euro or more?
I totally agree with Tata, that price on Bale is a disrespect to football and common sense.

Ozil out, Bale in. We re watching

And Isco too

IBnatty: Cristiano Ronaldo

Aged: 24
Year: 2009
Fee: 80million pounds(94 million euro)
Position: Winger; Forward.

Records:
-FIFPro special Player of the year - '05, '07
-Premier League Young Player of the year; FWA Player of the year; PFL fans' Player of the year; PFL Players' Player of the year - 2006/2007 (The first player to win all the PFAs and FWA)- 2006/2007
-PFA Player of the Year- 2007
-FWA Player of the year -2007
- First Runner up Ballon d'or - 2007
-2nd Runner up FIFA - World of the Year - 2007
-First winger to win Euro Golden Shoe (Scored 42 goals in 49games) -2007/2008
- EPL highest goal scorer- 31goals - 2007/2008
-UCL Player of the tournament - 2007/2008
-Ballon d'or - Dec '08
- 1st runner up FIFA World Player of the Year - '08
-FIFA World Player of the Year - Jan '09.
-Played in 2 Champions league finals '08, '09
-Inaugural winner of FIFA Puskas award - '09
- have played in Euro '04, '08 and World Cup '06
Between 2004 - 2009, he played 292 games for Man Utd scoring 118 times. For Portugese national team, he notched 22 goals in 67 games.

Gareth Bale
Aged: 24
Year: 2013
Fee: 85.3 million pounds(100million euro)
Position: Winger(since 10 /11) Free role (AM, FW, LW, SS since 11/12)

Records:
-Championship League Player of the Year - '07
-Welsh Player of the year by FAW( Football Writers Association) - '10
- BBC Cymru Sports personality of the year - Dec' 10
-PFA Players' Player of the Year - April 2011
-Named in the UEFA team of the year - 2011
-PFA Young Player of the year; PFA Players' Player of the Year, PFA Fans' Player of the Year, FWA Player of the Year - 2013.
He has played 169 games for Tottenham scoring 55 times. 49 goals (in 127 games) came from his adopted left wing/free role position.
He has played 41 games scoring 11 times. He has neither played in the World cup nor Euro and has played in the UCL once in the 2010/2011 season.

Players are judged based on their performance in club and National team games whether it is International (Euro, UCL, etc) or domestic (league). From the facts above, Bale's records before his world transfer are no where near those of his predecessors. Before Zidane and CR7 moved to RM on such a record fee they were gaints both in the domestic league and internationally ie Europe, UCL, Euro, World cup etc. Was Bale? Need I add that he is highly over priced?. Like I opined earlier, Bale is a wonderful talent but not yet a 100million euro talent, the facts are there. There are handful of 21 to 25 year olds whose individual records and performance dust those of Bale's, does it mean they're worth 150million euro or more?
I totally agree with Tata, that price on Bale is a disrespect to football and common sense.

u'r very right my brother, bale is a much overhyped player, for me he is not more than 40 milion pounds

wandevincent: u'r very right my brother, bale is a much overhyped player, for me he is not more than 40 milion pounds

with such record.. 40mil wont be a bad amount