If Daniel Levy is genuinely considering laying on more Gareth Bale for Tottenham fans next season, he may wish to consider what the Welshman actually has left in the tank. If the 31-year-old can’t turn it on for his country, it doesn’t leave the rest of us much hope.
Achieving a total successful action percentage of 29% is woeful. Just 17 successful actions and a sea of black crosses aren’t acceptable at any level.
As bad, was the passing accuracy which only hit 47%, let’s put that into simpler language. Every time Bale passed the ball, the odds were worse than those of tossing a coin. £320,000 a week, folks.
This move was arguably the pick of Bale’s contributions for the night.
It’s called stubborn. Levy believes he did the right thing bringing him back when the evidence suggested to leave well alone
Levy is that stubborn he’ll keep him on. Even with more egg on his face he will refuse to acknowledge this publicity stunt is an abject failure. He actually believes Spurs fans want GB to stay.
He’s now fitter than he’s been in years – and this is what it amounts to? He was bad and should have seen red.
Unless something seismic happens in terms of salary, keeping him on will set us back 320K/week, possibly preventing us from signing a quality starting-11 player.
I like Bale, as I still remember the good he did for us, but that ship has sailed.
A tiresome story now, hope he can finish the season with a bang. On a purely football basis it would be difficult to make a case for retaining his services but there is obviously more going on here than football matters.