Gareth Bale wants to stay in Real Madrid; Manchester United move off

London, August 9: Gareth Bale said he wanted to stay at Real Madrid and stated that every conversation he has had with the club this summer have been as if business would continue as normal.

"What do you want me to say? I'm concentrating on my football, I'm concentrating on getting my fitness up, I'm happy I'm playing football, I'm winning trophies, so yeah, I don't want to move, there's not really much more I can say," Bale said as reported by the Independent.

"The club hasn't said anything, we've spoke, they're happy with everything and, yeah, for me, I just want to concentrate now on getting fit, on getting ready for the new season and playing as well as I can.

"I really don't read it, obviously there's been a lot of it over the last few days that I get told about. It doesn't bother me, I've had it about 10, 11 years now so it's nothing new," he said after Real Madrid's win over Manchester United in the Super Cup.

Asked whether he had definitively told Real he wanted to stay, Bale said: "There's been no need for anything, everything has gone as normal like it has every year, there's been the normal speculation like there is every year but, yeah, I think obviously it's a little bit more hyped up because we're playing Man United, so yeah, it's one of those things."