A chain of events have aroused suspicion that Real Madrid's world record £85.3m purchase of Tottenham's Gareth Bale may have been in fact illegal, according to reports from Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.

Belgian EU politician Jan Eppink wants to investigate the transfer as Madrid currently have debts that range in the £505m ballpark.

The club is funded by Spanish national bank Bankia which during the economic crisis in Europe that greatly affected Spain was bailed out by the EU to the tune of £15.2b. Madrid are among a quartet of sides already being scrutinised by Almunia along with rivals Barcelona Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna.

Bale's transfer beat Real's previous world record of £80m which Real paid to Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009.

Bale originally told the Spurs chairman he wanted to leave during a tense meeting at the Barclays Asia Trophy at the end of last month.

By that time the Spurs winger was well aware Real were determined to buy him this summer after losing out to Barcelona for Brazilian wonderkid Neymar.

That sparked weeks of endless negotiations which have finally been brought to a conclusion.The 24-year-old has been in headlines all summer over the move to the Spanish giants.

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