Bayern will probably go for him with Ribery and Robben gone.
What next for Gareth Bale?
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All the top managers are ruthless. Guardiola virtually replaced 4 fullbacks one summer, Klopp has replaced 80% of that Liverpool team. Seems to be us renewing every ones contract and going backwards.
Both deserve the situation they have got themselves in. Real was happy to pay him the money and Bale was happy to take it. This situation is purely about money and nothing to do with football and if Bale stays, his football career is in principle pretty much over and will taint his legacy. Best thing he could do is leave and orchestrate a move back to Spurs. Bale back in the prem, shirts with Bale on the back and new stadium playing champions league, that would put them as the number one team in London and def box office...
Real want rid. No big team in Europe has the money to buy him so whoever gets him will be getting one hell of a deal.
If we hadn't signed Sanchez then I'd say pay the wages and take the gamble. But we did sign him, and he's sitting around not playing and taking a fortune home, so we can't realistically go for Bale unless the club throw money to the wind.
If we hadn't signed Sanchez then I'd say pay the wages and take the gamble. But we did sign him, and he's sitting around not playing and taking a fortune home, so we can't realistically go for Bale unless the club throw money to the wind.
Zidane’s quotes are coming off worse than what he meant if you watch the press conference.
He was still very straightforward about it but it’s clear he didn’t mean to offend Bale
He was still very straightforward about it but it’s clear he didn’t mean to offend Bale
Similarly, a player cannot simply hand in his 2 months’ notice and leave for another club. Football contracts are inherently different from normal employee contracts
Surely the move is to replace Neymar at PSG, but obviously Real don't want to 'help' Barca get the Brazilian back?
Well done Zidane. I for one applaud him. If only we had someone who had the balls to do this to half of our deadwood we would not have harboured players that are clearly past it on the bench for 5 years.
Don't care about hurting the players feelings. We should do this to Sanchez. But we won't. We will keep Sanchez until his contract expires because we are gutless and don't want to upset him. Well done Real and Zidane.
Don't care about hurting the players feelings. We should do this to Sanchez. But we won't. We will keep Sanchez until his contract expires because we are gutless and don't want to upset him. Well done Real and Zidane.
Dont have a problem with it. He doesnt want him and wanted him out years ago as manager. He's decided now is the team to be ruthless and force an exit. I wish we'd do that with Sanchez, Darmian and Rojo as they are entirely pointless in any on the pitch capacity at United.
But in all likelihood he’ll stay at Real cause no one can afford his wages. Then what?
If he stays then he plays golf, hes not likely to play much. The same thing happened with James Rodriguez
Then it goes on as it has for years. With Zidane not wanting him and not really using him, with Bale not caring about playing actual football because he gets £600k a week, etc.
It's no different to Conte saying Icardi and Naingollan aren't part of the inter project anymore and have no use at the club. They're essentially just sitting on their wages until somebody buys them, but the manager doesn't actually see them as Inter players. It's rare that managers go to those lengths, but when they view the players as a problem, be it through wages, effort, attitude, whatever else, it's entirely fair.
After the Zidane quotes I could seen Bale ending up with us now more than I ever have. Would be typical of us to get him now
I’d take him on half the wages on a pay-as-you-play loan deal for 12 months. That would be about it. Even if he’s only fit for half of the games he’d still be an upgrade on Mata or Lingard on the right. Wouldn’t go anywhere near him on any other terms.
As I've said all along, I'd take him if we could get him on favourable terms, i.e. a performance based contract which protects us from paying him a fortune to sit on the medical table. Zidane trying to push him out would help us get such terms.
A fit Bale would clearly improve our first XI. We've been crying out for a RW for years. He even fits the pacey squad Ole is building.
Signings like Sanchez seem to have put us off all older big name signings, but I don't think that's sensible. Plenty of older players improve other squads, Ronaldo to Juve for example. If he fits the system he should be considered.
All that said, it's just as likely that Ole is interested, but Bale isn't.
A fit Bale would clearly improve our first XI. We've been crying out for a RW for years. He even fits the pacey squad Ole is building.
Signings like Sanchez seem to have put us off all older big name signings, but I don't think that's sensible. Plenty of older players improve other squads, Ronaldo to Juve for example. If he fits the system he should be considered.
All that said, it's just as likely that Ole is interested, but Bale isn't.
He still has €40m worth of contract left. He would be a mentalist to walk away from that without being comoensated.
Nothing suggest any interest from United.
Zidane doesn't handle transfers at Real, however there is mutual agreement with Perez (one would think) and obviously Zidane to offload Frodo. However we all know Frodo's contract is just as big and near impossible to move like Sanchez.
I hope zero clubs take on Frodo and let RM, Zidane and co have each other. RM should buy out the remainder of his contract or have some type of buyout if they want to get rid.
Bale has every right not to move and see out his contract. I don't blame him. The club gave you the contract and you perform to the best you can and make yourself available to play.
I hope zero clubs take on Frodo and let RM, Zidane and co have each other. RM should buy out the remainder of his contract or have some type of buyout if they want to get rid.
Bale has every right not to move and see out his contract. I don't blame him. The club gave you the contract and you perform to the best you can and make yourself available to play.
How old are you?
What does that have to do with anything? Do you prefer I call him Monkeyears like some have called him?
Really hope it stays that way
You're referring to a player by some weird nickname which you're obviously trying to be clever by using but instead it makes you sound like a child.
No, that would be stupid.
Yes, my joking use of Frodo makes me sound like a child....all while ignoring 97% of the post which is nothing like a child or FIFA/FM lifer
If real don't want him, all they need to do is buy him out of his contract. This is unseemly for both club and manager.
The rest of the post is a generic comment whilst the thing I responded to is apparently something you've thought is funny for years which is a lot more interesting and weird.
Agree with part in bold as it's virtually exactly what I've been saying about the situation. Even if he only plays half a season. He'd still score more than than Sanchez total of 1 league goal scored all season mate.
Nothing suggested we had any interest in Falcao or Lukaku either. I don’t want Bale here now. That’s gone for me. I just wouldn’t put it past our club
I’ve not watched Bale consistently in years, I know his injury record is poor but his technique was still class when I’ve seen him and he’s powerful on the ball, how badly has his pace deteriorated?. I know he has lost a yard but considering he use to be able to give a 5m head-start to most and still leave them in his dust I’m curious is he actually still able to beat a man.
Yep. Seems like Ole’s going to give Sanchez another chance, but he’s been absolutely awful. A training cone would be an upgrade on what we’ve seen from him so far.
That's a great one mate
Barnett was talking shit about Real Madrid fans earlier this year because they were not happy with Bale's contribution of 3 goals and 2 assists in the entire season. Guy is a proper retard because one thing you can't do as a player's manager is to antagonize fans even when they're wrong, and specially when they're right.
Fans wanted Bale out since summer of 2017. but Perez kept him for 2 years more and decided not to go for a galactico last summer hoping Bale will come good now that he's not in Ronaldo's shadow any more. We all saw how that went.
As for Zidane, he informed Barnett 5 months ago it's time to start looking for another club becasue Gareth is not in his plans and now Barnett is creating this controversy on purpose hoping the club will let his player go for peanuts just to get rid of him and the baggage this situation has created. Hopefully the club stands firm and if we'll have a player on 10+ mil €/year coming in for training sessions only, so be it.
If it's for a cut-price deal I'd take Bale, as long as we sign both Pepe and Bruno too. We have struggled for goals and our attack has been unbalanced for years. We need to vastly improve the quality of our squad of attacking players. Pepe, Bruno, Greenwood, Chong, Gomes and Bale would be a massive improvement and perfectly balanced with left sided, right sided and central attackers.
Zaha was a smokescreen, Bale-Laca-Auba incoming
I've seen this mentioned a few times in this thread. Why would Bale leave Madrid on his current wages to move somewhere else on a pay as you play deal? That would be insanity from him and his agent.
You can't compare Lukaku to Bale though and all clubs buy players they wish they didn't.
Anyway, there was reports earlier this summer that United had no interest in him.
Bale is like that clingy girlfriend that you have told you are finished with but keeps turning up outside your home.
Zidane has said he doesn't want him so why does he keep bleating on about how happy he is with life in Madrid etc ? I hope we don't sign him.
He'd be better suited to Bayern Munich anyway in the Robben/Ribery role
Zidane has said he doesn't want him so why does he keep bleating on about how happy he is with life in Madrid etc ? I hope we don't sign him.
He'd be better suited to Bayern Munich anyway in the Robben/Ribery role
Bale is close to an exit? Which direction will he go? Tottenham? ManUtd? Bayern?
People seem to think he'll favour playing football over top wages.
While they are correct that even a third of his wage is still huge, they're totally ignoring how pretty much all footballers at the top think.