Gareth Bale’s return to Tottenham hasn’t survived its honeymoon stage as he continues to look out of shape.
In the absence of Harry Kane in Tottenham’s last match against Brighton, the Real Madrid loanee was given the chance to earn a regular first-team spot.
He was in poor form as Spurs were beaten 1-0 by the Seagulls who hadn’t won a home league game in more than six months.
He spent much of his time in his final months at Madrid on the bench and playing golf.
His performances for them were inconsistent, and he probably thought he would turn things around for himself when he moved to Spurs.
But the attacker hasn’t impressed at the club, and journalist Martin Samuel thinks he has wasted the time he should have kept himself in shape by playing golf and idling away on the bench at Real.
He says a talent like that of the Welshman has to be nurtured and not turned on and off.
He writes in the Mail: “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order. As jokes go it’s aged about as well as the Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman who walked into a bar.
“Gareth Bale, struggling to make an impact as Tottenham lose to Brighton, is not having the last laugh. Talent of the type he possesses cannot be turned on and off. Ask Eden Hazard, ask Alexis Sanchez. Talent must be nurtured, it must be fed, it must be well looked after.
“The days Bale spent playing golf and not football, or sitting on the bench winding up the local media in Spain, have dulled him, blunted his instincts. Everyone is desperate for Bale to perform now, everyone longs for a glimpse of the player who left these shores in 2013. Where is he?”
Look at tottenham. At the stage again where great things are expected of us. I know for a fact we’ll get there and remain there (the hard part) glory coming. I predicted 3 years at the new lane to get the ball rolling. I’m sticking by it
On a brighter note we can pick up some bargains in the summer. Listened to 5Live last night and on Euro football chat I think it was Guillem Balague said even though City player Eric Garcia offered to go without wages for a year Barcelona couldn’t do the deal as the couldn’t raise the four or five million for the down payment on the. transfer payment. It will be a buyers market this summer.
Our old boss AVB supposed to resign as Marseille manager during a press conference.
Load a bent kangers in that nick. As in all the nicks. The systems rotton and broken. Sons dad would soon be in someone’s pocket.
Son’s dad could sort out the residents of Belmarsh prison
Sonny? Watched his doc on Amazon last night. Largely homoerotic. Son’s auld lad would sort Dele out.
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Who’s he taking the pee out of? Madrid would be paying him if we weren’t, what ends up in his bank account is unchanged. He could have stayed in Spain playing golf if he was really taking the piss…
The engine has been idle for so long it won’t start any more. Jump leads. I took them to a nightclub one night. Was told I could go in but not to start anything.
Maybe whoever bought him might have allowed for the fact that Zinedine Zidane had actually judged correctly that Bale for whatever reasons was unable to contribute on the football field.
Have you ever seen a player smile so much? It’s actually more of a sneer. The boys taking the piss along with the money. Send him back fast.