There’s nothing wrong with his commitment to Wales, where he is still admired and feels wanted and important. His attitude is purely a reflection on his treatment by Madrid.
They blocked his move to China - they could easily got rid of him but they chose to keep him even if they didn't want him.
One season, and if we didn't act the way we have he'd be in China now...
Yes, I meant Owen and I do agree it was a different case to Bale. There was little risk in taking Owen, he came happily as a squad player to supplement the team (one could say Ighalo was a similiar proposition and did a great job in the cups pre Covid).
Yes Sanchez is the comparison. I think however, we have dodged the Sanchez to Utd bullet with Bale, that would have happened if we got him in the last 2 years.
I agree completely with all of your (good) post.
How big a house do you need? He's not in a three bed semi mate.
They don’t take out mortgages surely? Certainly not on tens of millions worth of property I wouldn’t have thought.
I agree
He was once a world record signing, will command high wages and will miss a lot of games through injury. Yep, sounds like a perfect Woodward signing when he fails to get anyone else.
It really would be the most typical Woodward signing wouldn’t it. Then he tears his hammy in his first game & we end up paying him 600k a week to chill out at Cheshire Golf Club while Dan James & Jesse Lingard play 30+ games again.
Me too and if it happens it will be depressing cos it will just show how poorly the club is run and nothing has changed .It really would be the most typical Woodward signing wouldn’t it. Then he tears his hammy in his first game & we end up paying him 600k a week to chill out at Cheshire Golf Club while Dan James & Jesse Lingard play 30+ games again.
Oh God I can see this happening so clearly
How does it sounds good? This sounds even worse than Sanchez. He's finished, has no motivation and will be the highest paid player in the squad.
bale has everything to prove. He’s being written off by many, he may want to show he still can be a top player for someone.
But that’s only because he’s been treated appallingly by Nasty Real Madrid. Apparently.He’s old, injury prone, hasn’t played regularly in ages, has a questionable attitude & is on astronomical wages.
What could possibly go wrong?
We want Sancho. That’s it. Not Bale, not Thiago, not Upamecano, not Reguilon, not Telles. Sancho.
there's very little transfer talk around i guess
I think people are speculating that Thiago to us means No Sancho = bale might be an option.
He's coming home.
If it's a choice between Sancho and Bale, I would take Sancho.
But only if it's a loan with an option to buy, otherwise hell no.
Well, at least he should be immune to corona (for who knows how long - but still).
As a stop gap for RW for a year on loan with a big portion of wages being paid by real. That sounds like a reasonable idea imo. Until you realize he is not motivated which would mean he would be completely useless for us. That's my point.
Some of our muppets just want new players and for United to waste money on them so that they can moan about it and demand new players next season.
We'd all rather have Sancho all day long but if that deal can't be done I'd take Bale on loan with half of his wages being paid by Madrid. When he's fit he's still a top player and when he's not we could play the front 3 that ended last season.
Hello darkness my old friend.
