This post-match interview wasn’t difficult to crack. Gareth Bale was brought in for a one-season loan deal. After some criticism, the 31-year-old announced that the plan was always to return to his club, Real Madrid.
Therefore, the response to the golf enthusiast returning to Spain as planned would not be chaotic. Whereas, if it were to be announced that Bale was to stay and perhaps end his career at Spurs, then that would certainly cause something akin to chaos.
I take a view – which I have expressed previously – that Levy doubling down on his decision to loan Bale would not shock me at all. Let’s hope this is a better decision than some of the others, eh.
Or maybe Bale’s off to Arsenal!
