The longer Gareth Bale’s loan period runs at, the easier it is to see that the old adage about two sides to every story remains true. Gareth Bale had mentally and physically shut-down in Spain – as far as being a professional footballer is concerned. Quite why this made his arrival in N17 an exciting prospect to Daniel Levy is anyone’s guess. Anyone holding up a banner that effectively says ‘The club that pays me £600,000 a week is way down my pecking order’ has a loose wire. It’s not just disrespectful to Real Madrid, it’s fundamentally unprofessional.
It took 6 months for Gareth Bale to become a menace against extremely poor sides. We also had the nonsense/disinformation of his Instagram account reporting he’d trained well, when in fact he pulled out the session, went for a scan, which then revealed nothing. Now, damaging quotes have emerged from Spain via DefensaCentral.
For an individual of Zinedine Zidane’s stature to publicly express such venom towards the 31-year-old tells me that it is not impossible that we might be dealing with a time-waster. The headlines after the games against lesser sides in which Bale shone screamed BALE IS BACK, but they were followed by a more typical performance against Fulham which was deemed a significant step backward.
Clearly, the Real Madrid gaffer has absolutely had it with Bale and does not want him back under any circumstances. Should Levy have any crazy notions of extending the Welshman’s stay at Hotspur Way, please let us hope he gets a further discount, as the current 50% isn’t quite cutting the risk versus reward mustard.