That good sweet, sweet news just keeps on coming. According to Fabrizio Romano, Gareth Bale has announced his departure to his teammates. I feel happy for the Welshman. He’s been treated like a bad smell by both the Real Madrid fans and the Spanish press for so long, and this move to Spurs is a genuine ‘win’ for him.
The 31-year-old is walking out of the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium with his head held high, heading to a club that love him, that play in a super duper stadium, to work with one of the world’s most successful football coaches ever. This exit is not one to be made when the press aren’t about, so he scuttle away as an anonymous failure. The old faintly sad note is that COVID-19 rules will deny the opportunity of fans cheering his arrival.
There will be some in Spain who might prefer Bale were retreating to a club like West Ham, with the deal having ‘second rate’ plastered all over it.
He’s coming home.