Manchester United made a huge offer to sign Gareth Bale, but he had his sights set on a transfer to Real Madrid.

Bale joined Madrid from Tottenham in 2013 for a fee of £85.3 million ($113.86m).

The Welshman went on to make 258 appearances for Madrid, scoring 106 goals, winning three LaLiga titles and helping Los Blancos win the Champions League five times.

However, Bale has revealed Man Utd made a big push to sign him from Spurs.

"I spoke with [then United manager] David Moyes, but my heart was set on Madrid anyway," Bale said on the Stick To Football podcast.

"And I had something in place with Daniel Levy, more of a gentleman's agreement. Because he didn't want to sell me to a rival.

"So if a team did come in from Spain, Italy, wherever, Germany, wherever it may be that I could potentially go because if we didn't qualify for Champions League, which we didn't, I was then able to go there.

"So we had that gentleman's agreement even though he made it very tough. "I think I chose the right one [based on the] last 12 years.

"I didn't go down the wages route with United. I didn't get that far. They offered more money to buy me, and a player [too], but it didn't really get any legs to be honest no."