With Gareth Bale expected to leave Real Madrid this summer it was no surprise to see United made favourite to sign him this summer. It feels like it’s been ever thus. Ever since his spectacular emergence onto the scene with Tottenham at the start of the decade Bale to United has been seen as a transfer waiting to happen. He could have gone to Old Trafford in the summer of 2013 before moving to Real Madrid. Almost every summer he’s spent in Spain have bought reports that he could return to the Premier League, with United his likely destination. Now it seems that Bale will finally depart the Bernabeu this summer, at the end of his sixth season with Real. He’s been on the end of the white handkerchief treatment this season, with supporters targeting Bale during what has been a disastrous campaign for the club. The return of Zinedine Zidane has only crystallised Bale’s likely departure this summer. But now he’s finally available and ready for a Premier League return, United should steer clear of the 29-year-old and instead splash the cash elsewhere in their search for attacking reinforcements. Because while Bale was the brilliant British talent bursting onto…