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I think there's 2 distinct points here.
I am still confident that Bale could come back and do a very good job for spurs. However he'd not be as good as the first time around and he'd not be as reliable.
I think he's been a bit broken by his Real experience, I think he wanted to take Ronald's mantle and so did Real, it just t didn't happen and now he's resented for the huge contract he has and that preventing Real from bringing in new players. For Bale and Real to each of them, neither have really met the other's expectations.
The more salient point is that Spurs could not afford to pay nearly 3 times more for Bale than any other of the existing squad, can you imagine what the cost of making the rest of the squad have parity? (the Alexis Sanchez effect) It would be immense and unsustainable.
Very high value players have a huge amount to live up to and in honesty I'm not sure that Bale can and even if he could for Spurs it would break us.
I am still confident that Bale could come back and do a very good job for spurs. However he'd not be as good as the first time around and he'd not be as reliable.
I think he's been a bit broken by his Real experience, I think he wanted to take Ronald's mantle and so did Real, it just t didn't happen and now he's resented for the huge contract he has and that preventing Real from bringing in new players. For Bale and Real to each of them, neither have really met the other's expectations.
The more salient point is that Spurs could not afford to pay nearly 3 times more for Bale than any other of the existing squad, can you imagine what the cost of making the rest of the squad have parity? (the Alexis Sanchez effect) It would be immense and unsustainable.
Very high value players have a huge amount to live up to and in honesty I'm not sure that Bale can and even if he could for Spurs it would break us.
Real hadn't won the champions league for 12 years before Bale joined. WIth him; they won it 4 times in 6 years; making significant contributions in 3 of the finals.
2014 - got the goal that gave them the lead
2015 - got the assist on the goal
2016 - played only 15 mins
2018 - 2 goals. Won the game.
Its also worth noting that Bale has missed the same number of games through injury as Kane over the past couple of seasons. Both missed 23 games.
What Bale “needs” and what Bale “wants” could be two different things. Ever stop to think a guy his age with his resume might think rules on training don’t apply to him? How does that help the squad?
Bottom line: sure it “could” work. But the point you made that I think it off base was the question of how it could [possibly] be a negative.
It could work, but most of the evidence suggests it wouldn’t. We’d be asking Bale (of all people) to be something be isn’t.
Don't you think he might prefer the £750 million a week he's going to get in China?
Why are some posters so hung up about the money? We have Levy negotiating and so Bale and everyone else will not come unless Levy decides the club can afford it. Poch will speak to any player before any agreement and if he is not happy then the player will not join us.
I believe Bale would improve the team but just cannot see Levy being able to agree any deal acceptable to him, RM and Bale.
I believe Bale would improve the team but just cannot see Levy being able to agree any deal acceptable to him, RM and Bale.
Its not about what bale wants or how much its going to cost blah blah blah.. the team/club he left is an entirly different entity now.. could he fit into the team ethic which poch has instilled on the club after being a galactico!.. imho its simple... no .
That's how i see it.If he came back,he could add a winners outlook to a lot of our players.but he would have to realise he isn't the main man ,like he was. As you said,it isn't going to happen.
He even fucking trained when he wanted to!!! Seriously does that sound like a player that’s going to get anywhere near this team?
Anyway, total and utter waste of time, we aren’t paying a player £600k per week!!!!
Who said anything about paying him 600k?
The whole point of this debate is “if we could get him why would we not” so in order for that to happen, yes, there would have to be some row of ducks to fall in place, wages being the number 1 I’d suspect, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that if it was “possible” to bring him here we would be mad not to consider it.....
Will it happen? Nope!
HE TRAINED ONLY WHEN HE WANTED TO.
There is a great article about Bale on the BBC website, he's basically been a roaring success by any other standard than Ronaldo
I don't know about that, if Bale was viable I'm sure Poch would have him in a heartbeat his record in LA Liga is fantastic.
It's not viable.
He really isn’t a Poch player. He trains when he wants, during a game he wouldn’t track back and he doesn’t press. At the end of a game he would wait for the team to go into the tunnel and then start his solo laps of the pitch.
He was/is a great player but I can’t see him fitting in with this team at all.
Did anyone train under WHN?
And this is a known fact because?
Everyone except Bale and Ade it would seem.
Now you've seen the link to Defoe's comments, you still think he fits in with what Poch demands of his players? Rule number one in his book is "you are paid to Train".