Gareth Bale is going back to Real Madrid. He was always here for a year-long loan and the plan is to get the best out of him in the time remaining. That’s the polite version to the press. The reality is that this has been a truly horrible fairytale, and I note that some fans have been questioning the lack of playing time afforded to the Welshman.
The bottom line here are that fans know far, far less than the coaches ever do. I’m not here to tell you that you’re wrong, rather to act as an arbiter of common sense and rational thought. Mourinho told you all in the All or Nothing show that Dele Alli wasn’t training effectively. Mourinho also told you that no player is ever as fit as they were 7 years ago. Yet, voices of dissent, encourage by less than desirable results continue to make suggestions that are based on emotion, opposed to reality.
Bale is 31 and frequently injured or unable to play at his peak, we knew this before he arrived. With Dele Alli, the conclusion embraced so swiftly is that there is something personal between the two, and that Portuguese is just being mean. Quote frankly this is an embarrassing low brow approach and one that deserves not to be indulged in this place, thanks very much.
Given the situation at Tottenham, a new coach with just one summer window under his belt, and so many players that still need to be replaced, there simply is no time to persevere with a character like Dele Alli, at 24, if he was going to fly, it would have happened by now – ideally under Pochettino – and that didn’t happen either.
Gareth Bale was perhaps nobody’s fault. On paper a return looked irresistible, yet one has to ask Daniel Levy what was in his mind in respect of the ongoing impact of a global pandemic, when committing to a signing that would cost a million pounds a month and the need to sell a tonne of merchandise.
The logical pathways out of this are obvious; Dele Alli has to be removed from Hotspur Way. Ideally sold, but if not loaned in order to free up at least his squad salary. The best probable outcome for Bale is precisely as José has outlined, which is to use him as when he is physically available.
Attempting to somehow construct another tiresome attack on Mourinho, incorporating these two failures is disingenuous. If Dele Alli was serious, or Gareth Bale had more to give, I am sure that Mourinho would would embrace their endeavours.
Mourinho makes decisions on players almost instinctively, how many times have we needed another goal yet he doesn’t turn to a player more than capable of finding a goal, a pass, something, that can make the difference.
Not on something this big, I’ve been told by several sources that Levy lost his mind over Bale.
100% a Levy signing, JM said so.
It would certainly make sense. Jose M also questioned whether Bergy was his signing as well, didn’t he?
Levy wouldn’t dare disrespect José like that. José has final say on all incoming.
No mate, that’s not the case. Or Poch would’ve been able to say no as well. Levy always does what he wants. This was not a deal JM wanted. JM would be delighted to get 250,000 extra a week in the salary pot.
I can’t recall which blog it was in, but I was advised that this was another Levy bungle.
You think levy didn’t run it by José first? Nonsense. Levy wouldn’t dare just dump players on José. Levy respects him. Bale is here coz José approved it. José can tell levy NO
On an earlier blog from Bruce,Sherwood made the claim that Bale will never track back and work defensively as Mourinho requires of his players,which is ironic as he came to us as a FB originally.
Mourinho would have known this of him which does suggest that Bale was never his choice and the decision to get him in on loan was made by Levy.That’s another fine mess you;ve got us into Daniel.
This was a romantic notion that was never going to work.