MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho could still snare Real Madrid star Gareth Bale this summer.
At least that’s the verdict of beIN Sports journalist Richard Keys, who thinks the potential deal won’t be dead until the transfer window shuts on August 31.
Bale has spent the past four years with Real and during that spell he’s won the Champions League three times, as well as one La Liga title.
His future has been the subject of much speculation since the end of last season though with Florentino Perez targeting Kylian Mbappe.
Bale is thought to be the player Real would be most likely to sacrifice in order to generate funds to sign the Monaco forward.
And that situation has seen the 28-year-old heavily linked with a return to the Premier League with United.
Mourinho claimed he had no chance of signing Bale after he featured in Real’s UEFA Super Cup win over the Red Devils.
Keys reckons the Welshman could rock up at Old Trafford before deadline day though.
On Twitter, a fan asked him: "Hi Richard, still think there is legs in the Bale to United deal?"
And Keys replied: "Until the window shuts I do."
Should United bag Bale, he’s likely to cost more than the then-world-record £85m which took him to Real from Tottenham in 2013.
In the meantime, Mourinho's men will be out to make it two wins in two Premier League games when they visit Swansea on Saturday.
They got their 2017/18 campaign off to a perfect start by thrashing West Ham 4-0 last weekend, with new boy Romelu Lukaku bagging a brace.