Today’s remarks to the press from Gareth Bale make for uncomfortable listening and one can only imagine the levels of discomfort that are currently being felt at this moment by our illustrious leader Daniel Levy. Whilst this situation is very much on Levy, it would be churlish to start branding the Tottenham CEO a mug or similar would be wide of the mark. I believe that the strategy as Levy saw it at the time was something he thought would give the club, the brand, a boost.
All deals carry an element of risk, but if Levy had what he felt there was a genuine understanding with Gareth, and it was felt that the boy was coming home, to at least do his best, then I can understand Levy being drawn in. Many would have been.
The sad reality is that today’s quotes, leave no credible room for excuse. We all know that the original deal was for one season. However, none of us expected Bale to fall out with yet another coach.
For the love of Chas & Dave – Bale came here because things weren’t going too well at the club when the club was Real Madrid!
So is this all Mourinho’s fault? Let’s pause the White Noise and expand upon that. Is it Carlo Ancelotti’s, Zinedine Zidane’s and José Mourinho’s fault? All three coaches ran out of patience with the boy. Are all 3 unreasonable monsters?
Spurs have been spun.
My advice to Levy – I know he’s a keen advocate of unsolicited advice – is not to whitewash this and instead do the honourable thing. Back Mourinho and encourage the Portuguese to start picking Tottenham players.
What about the money? We’ve racked up over a billion, let none of us pretend anyone really cares. Throw it on the pile. I’d be happier never seeing Bale in the shirt again. That would in fact be a fairer deal than the current one. It would be an honest arrangement.
The Bale fairytale is officially over. Kaput. The jig is up. I’d take a less than perfect Steven Bergwijn over a Gareth Bale callously using as one punter on social media called it, ‘a PureGym membership’.
