There was a stint in that season after Zidane took over when Ronaldo was injured and Bale was playing in his role. I remember an away game against Rayo he scored twice in, and an away game against Sociedad he was beasting in too in that role. 2015-2016 Bale was something else though, with Benitez and Zidane and with Wales in Euro 2016. Shame he got injured for most of the next 2 seasons. Hopefully he can live up to that level and being our talisman in attack.
People keep saying 'if he stays fit'... Isn't it a foregone conclusion by now that this is wishful thinking? He should be sold while his price is still high.
I looked it up, and it was for only 2 games. Against Rayo and Sociedad. We can’t build a system around a guy who is always injured and played good for a couple of games in a free role. We just can’t trust him with such a role.
Bale should be sold, i know it's a big hit. But if he stays, it might be indication that we are gonna try to rely on him and that would be season suicide. He's great when fit & in form but that's like 20% of the season and we can't afford that. Now is the best time to part ways with him.
If we needed to sell Cristiano now to maximize our financial return, I don't see why we should be keeping the injury prone Welshman. Sell him for an exorbitant sum and truly start over from scratch.
🎙️ Bale:➡️ "Quizás me quede en el Real Madrid, quizás no. Tengo que hablar con mi agente, necesito más minutos"➡️ "Me frustró no ser titular en la final de la Champions. La chilena no la he visto muchas veces, me fui de vacaciones y desconecté" pic.twitter.com/rK6ooeHkaZ— El Partidazo de COPE (@partidazocope) July 13, 2018 Does this guy not realize how much minutes he's missing due to injuries and that he simply can't be rushed back every time?
It is completely understandable that he was "frustrated" to not start the final when he proved he was in-form and uninjured both before and during the match. Plus, he's not even saying it was necessarily the wrong decision, but that maybe Madrid isn't the best club for him if his goal is to play more minutes. Not much different to Mbappe's alleged motivation to want a guaranteed starting spot at his club of choice.
He cant play more minutes tho its been proven so many times, the only reason he was not injured so much in the second half of the season is because he was only playing now and again. Its all great scoring a load of goals against the bottom tables sides in la liga when the league was done and dusted but where was he again when the team needed him for the league title when ronaldo was struggling for goals.?
He claims he hasn't been playing and deserves to play more, how many minutes has he been benched? How many times have we seen him rush back and get injured again because he simply wasn't fit. Zizou kept him healthy and fit for the final, used him when Liverpool where already gassed and it worked pretty well for us.
True, but, As a “big star” on the team, In the league, especially in the last two seasons, when we really need him to be around and help lead us and produce he’s not been there enough, thanks for the goals in the final but it’s a good thing we didn’t have to depend on him all the way though to actually get us there, too injury prone, so far, cannot be depended on, it’s that simple for me
If your going to just cherry pick points out of post and ignore everything else then dont bother replying. He was great coming on into the final but he played no part in any of the other matches at all to get to the final. Exact same as previous season were he played little part in the double we won.
Nobody is saying that because of his quality. That is proven, but so are his fitness issues. He is a walking injury risk. Can't rely on someone who is guaranteed to not play 1/3 of the matches in a season to be your most important player in attack.
Yes he was injured; but even when fit other players like Lucas or Benzema were given precedence. So part of the blame did lie with Zidane. He didn't trust him enough.