I won't mind him at United if Lukaku leaves and we get him for free.
What next for Gareth Bale?
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When I was little I watched that course being built!
And a dog would put in a shit...er, I mean shift.
The only reason he hasn't been released yet is out of Madrids fear he joins a rival. It still wouldn't surprise me to see Bale line up on the other side of Madrid next season. Of course China is an option, but if the money is right elsewhere he won't go there.
It would also cost them 75m to release him.
He will stay at Madrid getting his wage without doing nothing
I used to play there with my mates. There was a mound known as deadman's hill which was reputed to be an old neolithic burial ground. My late brother used to run me down the old back lane on his BSA to go fishing on the Bollin.
By release, I mean a free transfer, sorry.
Well he still has good positional awareness, just his reflexes are slower.
Buffon's just gone back to join the board (like Nedved did a few years back).
Pretty sure Szczesny will remain first choice and Buffon will get the odd game in Serie A.
Neither Hale nor Hale Barns would admit Jews. Yes really - as recently as the early/mid 60s. So the Earl of Stamford spotted an opportunity and built a new (and very attractive) course on part of his estate that welcomed them.
I didn't know that. I do know that there's a sizeable Jewish community in Hale and Halebarns as well as in Prestwich and Whitefield. Another place I used to fish was Mere as my old man knew a family that lived there. He was lucky enough to fish on Rostherne Mere before it was taken over by the bird watchers and fishing was banned. He used to say it was packed with some huge fish.
I’d swap him for Sanchez. Could work out for both clubs.
Funny enough rather than both clubs getting a player they want it’s an ‘I’ll take Bale only if you take Sanchez’ deal.
Funny enough rather than both clubs getting a player they want it’s an ‘I’ll take Bale only if you take Sanchez’ deal.
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Assuming Bale is looking to be happy, wants to play challenging football, want to improve Spurs and all that.
We are not even sure whether he is happy to just take the big money, if it comes from Real or China.
And Real Madrid pay his salary.
That's the problem, players and agents get a cut of the transfer fee, failing that the player gets a huge signing on bonus if signing on a free, but he's already on £600k a week so no club will give him £800k a week including signing bonus.
Either way Real will have to pay him off, Bale is definitely making the situation a little awkward, but in the same situation I'd do the same (whoever wouldn't is crazy).
I believe this situation hasnt happened before, well, not to this extent.
We're kind of in the same situation with Sanchez.
Yup, its either pay him £20m to leave, or have him at the club as a constant reminder of the screw up we made (all while hoping he turns it around).We're kind of in the same situation with Sanchez.
I cant see a situation where Bale leaves RM without taking a massive paycut.
I mean, he can be world class on his day, but those days are becoming a very rare occurance.
I know he is only 30, but I feel he has been on the decline for 1,5 years already.
Do not want him at United on the wage he is on. It may cause an uproar in our group of players leading to more inflated wages, making it even harder to offload deadwood. Imagine if Lingard was on, say, 350k/week. I dread that scenario.
If he comes in at 250k/week I would take that gamble though.
I mean, he can be world class on his day, but those days are becoming a very rare occurance.
I know he is only 30, but I feel he has been on the decline for 1,5 years already.
Do not want him at United on the wage he is on. It may cause an uproar in our group of players leading to more inflated wages, making it even harder to offload deadwood. Imagine if Lingard was on, say, 350k/week. I dread that scenario.
If he comes in at 250k/week I would take that gamble though.
How do you know? Did we try to offload him and he decided to stick around like a wank stain?We're kind of in the same situation with Sanchez.
We thought we were in the same position with many other players previously (Schweinsteiger, Rooney, Ibra etc) only for them to take a pay cut and leave in search of playing time. Unless we try to push him and he does a Bale, then it's not the same.
The club doesn't seem to have given up on Sanchez, rightly or wrongly. They don't yet want to admit it's a failed transfer perhaps, but we don't seem to be wanting to cut our losses on him.
If/When it comes to that, then we'll know if the situation is similar to Bale's.
I'm just assuming, definitely hope you are right. Do you want him to be given another chance or should we have pushed him away this summer? I feel it's already too late for that.
I'm 90% certain that he won't ever get to a decent (never mind Arsenal years) level with us. Apart from his obvious decline, there's also the issue with the constant injuries and niggles now where he's in and out of the squad without rhythm. But we had so many changes to make to our forward line this year that I was happy perhaps to keep him for one more year.
Whatever happens Sanchez will leave on a free when he leaves (due to his salary) while Lukaku is still worth a fair whack, so I thought the priority should have been to offload Lukaku this summer and recoup as much money as possible before we lose more. Then there's other forward players like Mata and Lingard who I rate lower. So if we weren't able to attract a top forward, I was happy to go with Rashford, Martial, Sanchez and Greenwood forward line and spend the money elsewhere. At least it's mobile and technically adept strike force.
The pay is what makes him happy. He does not have a special affinity with Tottenham. He wasn't a fan, nor a youth product there. Didn't win anything with them either
Totally agree with all of your points. Let's hope for our sake that Ole can still find some use for Sanchez and kind of avoid a "Bale" situation.
He can replace Shaw at left back.
They are what made him relevant so I feel like it would be awesome to see him go back there now that they are a better club then when he left and help them to even new heights.
I love the storylines
How did he play against Arsenal?
I just dont see the logistics working out even if he wanted to go back to Spurs. Even if RM subsidise 50% of his wages that leaves Spurs to pay 300k a week which they wont do. Their wage cap is 200k a week which is what Kane is on. He doesnt really fit that fast hard pressing style Pochettino demands of his players. He wouldnt be the main man at Spurs like he was before he left, that is Kane.
The only way it works is if Bale takes a pay cut and decides at 30 he has won his trophies, made his money and is happy to play a squad role. He certainly wouldnt be a bad option off the bench for Son or Moura in the 60th minute.
I think it's more realistic he goes to China or PSG, he's too old for Bayern's rebuild. I certainly dont want him here, we have one player on crazy wages not doing a lot already.
I'm hoping that Arsenal keep on offering derogotary offers to Celtic for Kieran Tierney, so that they eventually tell Arsenal to feck off and we sign him next season. Which would make extremely happy.
The only similarity is that there are two players (Sanchez and Bale) on high wages that both teams want to shift, but their context is very different. For one, Sanchez has flopped here, Bale still contributed a significant amount to Madrid. Secondly, Sanchez doesn't seem to have refused to play at any point - he has still remained professional and tried his best, he's just declined too much. Bale on the other hand was reported to have refused to play in the pre-season game.
I can see Ed signing him. Get him in on loan for a year and see how it goes.
Asensio tore a ligament and is out for the year. That probably secures Bale staying for at least this season...watch Zidane change his tone about him now all of a sudden...
ZZ today: “Bale is one of my best players and would never consider selling him”.
ZZ today: “Bale is one of my best players and would never consider selling him”.
Do they play the same positions?
If that is true then Zidane is is a complete twat. It can't be true.
No, I made that quote up
Wonder if madrid would consider a swap between bale and Sanchez. Ratber have him on our books than Sanchez
Just out of curiosity, why would Real even entertain that kind of offer? They are trying to get rid of Bale due to his enormous wages and the fact that Zidane obviously doesn't see him as a starter. They swap him for Sanchez (say hypothetically everyone agrees) and they've accomplished what exactly? Brought a clearly inferior player on a slightly smaller wage? Makes zero sense...
It wasn't a serious question