Glass Dragons Still Breathe Fire - The Gareth Bale Thread

What goes around comes around. Bale has behaved like a twat for the majority of his stay with us and Zidane is showing him no mercy

 

I love this narrative

Hopefully some club will think his form is out fault and pay something decent for him.

 

Did these ppl follow Madrid only the last 4 years or what?

The biggest of the biggest legends didn't even get a fair and big farewell, let alone fcking Gareth Bale.

Iker, Raul, Redondo, Ronaldo etc.

 

Agreed, who cares, weren’t they the same ones saying Ramos murdered Salah?, that our club ruined football spending on players ( before that was a cool thing now that EPL clubs and others are doing it for fun) and on and on, why should we bother about this

These people choose who and what they want to be outraged about, simple

 

Every year our club apparently "ruins" football lol.

They just pick a new narrative to use as the vehicle of delivery.

 

Not always. In fact I think after the whole Galactico's fallout I think one of the few good things to come of it were that players in the twighlight of their careers weren't pushed out the back door at the first hint of decline.


English media might want to portray things this way in this particular situation but overall the club retains its image as one of the classiest, if not the classiest, sports teams in the world.


The very patch on Bale's shirt certified Real Madrid as the best in the world.

Since when did Raul or Iker require a "leash." Their behavior and professionalism were impeccable.

Sure Raul didn't want to leave (who wouldn't want to collect the money they are contractually entitled to) but when the time came he accepted a move to open the no. 7 shirt and became a legend at another club within no time.


People love to jump all over Iker for the Mourinho fiasco but he never said a word against Mourinho or his unfair treatment (benching) even though he would have been justified in doing so.

Ronaldo could be a jerk but his performances never suffered to the extent of Bale.

Really not a good look for the club, but reality is the blame should only fall on Zidane or Bale depending on who is "more wrong."

Certainly surprised by Zidane who doesn't seem to have a methodology for his selection process, so random, conflicting and often hypocritical.

 

Captain is an official title within the hierarchy and even so I would hope that there is at least some consultation with the veterans/dressing room. Not saying they have any veto power but to exclude them from discussions about the team probably wouldn't make for a very healthy working environment.

Bale and especially Cassano don't merit that type of clout.

 

I just think Zidane and Bale should have talked things through. Now we are ********ed with paying him £15m to leave and receive no money back on transfer.
Big mistake keeping him on when we knew he just didn't fit in anymore, which is the fault of Perez!

 

I doubt bale is leaving.
We got no one interested in him and he doesn't want to leave. He's gonna be bench material next season

 

This is a scenario I can sadly see. I say don’t even call him for the match day squad if this is how he wants to handle it.

 

I see happening loan deal and Perez will pay not all but some percent of his wage.

 

Can you force a player to go on loan?

 

Pretty much paying him to play golf. If we're diplomatic maybe he could be convinced to at least go on a loan where we pay part of his wages. If we incite him, he'll just get more stubborn.

He used to be pretty professional when he first came here. Then over the last two years he realized that he's gonna reach the end of his career without ever realizing his ambitions. The sad part is: he's probably the last person to realize he isn't gonna reach the apex of footballers because his body won't let him.

 

No.

 

I dont think he will sit and play golf for 3 years it will reflect badly on him as a player. Lets see what his agent can find him.
I don't think giving Kroos an extension was a good idea either yesterday

 

Yup.

I'm 100% for Bale leaving but we did give him a contract and in the end we must honor it, if it comes to that.

 

It will reflect good on his bank account. I think this is exactly what will happen.