No really.
He's on loan! He's not our player. If it doesn't work out he goes back to Madrid. It hasn't worked out, so he goes back to Madrid.
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Ex-Spurs Player Gareth Bale
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He's on loan! He's not our player. If it doesn't work out he goes back to Madrid. It hasn't worked out, so he goes back to Madrid.
all i would say is in fairness to bale he has said today that like any player he needs 2/3 games to gat back to anything like, cant expect him to turn it on after just a few cameo appearences, look how long he was benched by that frog at his own club, surly he cant be expected to come and just be turned on like a cold tap and expect hot water to come out instantly, needs time to run and warm up!!
Yes, he can go back having drawn the best part of £8 million over 9 months on loan- lovely
He trains with the team every single day, needing a run of games is not an excuse for him doing literally nothing in matches. How can Lamela come in after a 2 month layoff and look lively but Bale can't? How can Cavani hit the ground running after months without a club but Bale can't?
Nobody is expecting him to be banging them into the top corner every game, but let's be honest. He doesn't even look tired when he gets subbed off. There's no way he's giving his best effort. I don't think he's had one moment this season where I was impressed with his intensity. Is he really pushing himself to the limit? If he is and this feeble effort is enough to injure him, he's absolutely finished. Just look at how hard Lamela was running against Everton and ask yourself if Bale has ever come close to that this season.
He draws £34m of which Tottenham will contribute less than £7m if what's reported about his contract is true.Yes, he can go back having drawn the best part of £8 million over 9 months on loan- lovely
But we aren't stuck with him. He's a RM player, not a Tottenham player. He's their problem, not ours.
If he’s not needed for the whole nine months and clearly he’s not going to be - then he should be sent back today so ending the situation.
You’d have thought there must be a pay as you play big money package that could entice an out of contract player worthy of £7M based on appearance’s and that we’d get more than nine months out of him what-with his incentive being he’s paid on appearances. The system is a joke- £7M to warm the bench and receive free medical care!
It's a season-long loan I believe, so he's here until the end of the season (there might be an injury clause in the agreement that has him sent back if his injury clearly makes him unavailable to play during his loan spell, this is normal for loans, however, this usually is with players that are still in their development phase, with Bale they just want him gone and off their books).
He's supposed to be a WorldClass player, he's certainly;y on a WorldClass contract, this is what it costs for anyone to play him. Seemed to please most of the fanbase in the summer, tad hypocritical for anyone to focus on the money (even those like me that weren't remotely interested in him coming back).
I have always had (even before he went to Madrid) a concern over his attitude and his contribution to the team holistically (his individual talent was clear, so on that level he adds positively to a team). For all the marketing guff around him as a humble family man etc he never came across as a "team player", everything was about him, with his solo laps around the pitch post-game with his teammates back in the dressing room, him choosing when to train or not (this did piss off his teammates as per Defoe) and his mixed messages coming out from his social media like only last week saying he's training hard but in reality, he's not travelled with the team because he told the manager he's not happy with a niggle (and yes, the social media post was probably not him but his marketing team).
It's always been about him.
So we are stuck with him and he will kop £7M; as I said Daniel Levy has lost the plot!
Let's face he never had a chance here with Jose. It's wasn't a match made in heaven.
I expect his agent will be doing a rant about it soon as well.
I expect his agent will be doing a rant about it soon as well.
My point of view exactly. I would love to be wrong about my initial feelings when he re-signed. I was more or less told that I was being far too negative and he had been dealt a rough deal by RM. To me, it just came over as a bit of a PR stunt and GB is using us to see if he can get fit to play for Wales.
I repeat - I would love to be wrong and he comes on in the final and scores the winner.
good grief, those dolls are horrible, they'd even make the lovely Daveed look like a freak!
(No, I'm not going to make a crack about my ex again...........................that's getting as old as the eligibility of Bergwin, Rodon, etc)
I applaud 'Arry for that admission, it takes a big man to do that. I still wouldn't have him back though, unless it was in a consultancy / caretaker role to help out when Jose does go.
Today's Jose's comments prove exactly what I said.
"I repeat for the last time. He was not feeling good. He asked for a scan. He had a scan. The scan did not show an injury but his feelings were still there but as coaches,"
He's not even injured but he's been injured so much he thinks he is. He isn't going to solve that mental-block in the few months he has remaining here.
It was a good opportunity but unfortunately it hasn't worked out and I doubt we'll see anything from him to make it work out.
To be honest that pretty much all I thought this was in the first place anyway, a PR stunt and a way for GB to get ready for the Euros. I was hoping he'd come in and do well for us, but I wasn't expecting anything from him.
I really didn't realise just how much pace and movement he's lost though, he's really not suited to the Prem any more. I hope he can be used the the Europa League games and still play a part, I'm just not sure he wants to any more.
He's not interested. He's going to play out of his skin for Wales in the Euros because he's a national hero there and also to get one last big move. He's just passing the time here until then.
I don't like Jose and am a big Bale fan but from what I've seen of him he's just going through the motions.
I don't like Jose and am a big Bale fan but from what I've seen of him he's just going through the motions.
Bale: the Vegas years