Which he won't.
Let’s sign Gareth Bale
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According to this he spent 68 days unavailable due to injury this season. With his calf issue featuring more prominently than ever before.
136 days missed the season before.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gareth-bale/verletzungen/spieler/39381
136 days missed the season before.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gareth-bale/verletzungen/spieler/39381
I wasn't referring to his simian visage as a reason not to sign him. Countless people have brought up other reasons in this thread.If he gets his will about the playing time, it would surely upset Isco and the other spaniards Vasquez and Asensio? Then a move for one of those might be ideal.
Mourinho might, but Woodward won't.
Why would Real sell him especially when they have no one to replace him with?
Even though he's been injured he's their second highest goal scorer behind Ronaldo. Who will make up that deficit if Bale leaves? Isco ? Asensio? I don't think so.
Real would want to replace him with a world class signing like Neymar but that won't happen this summer. I think Bale will stay for another season.
Even though he's been injured he's their second highest goal scorer behind Ronaldo. Who will make up that deficit if Bale leaves? Isco ? Asensio? I don't think so.
Real would want to replace him with a world class signing like Neymar but that won't happen this summer. I think Bale will stay for another season.
Now here's a man who is thinking (unless you're a woman. In that case, woman who is thinking)
Can't help but think both of those look so overrated from the game I've watched this season. Don't see what the hype is about at all.
Asensio and Isco has looked decent when I've watched, but I'd think they're more suited to a club like City though.
Tongue and cheek to be fair mate, but I suppose you could see it as a positive if you're a bit twisted in that way, there's a bit of method behind the madness.
Isco is good, he'd probably be brilliant at City but is on a different wavelength to our players and would inevitably be frustrating here.
Seems like Zidane doesn't want him, even though he's brilliant for them.
It's the good old Galacticos recycling scheme though. Not sure what they're even doing with that Odegaard.
I chuckled
Which Dembele? The same Dembele Barcelona spent 100m on last season, or the cnut from Spurs? You won't get Ousmane for any less than Barca payed, if at all. If the cnut from Spurs, no thanks.
It's a convenient point to ignore if your reasoning for not signing him is that he's injury prone, personally, even a semi-fit Bale would transform us, so I don't mind one bit.
Same here. It could mean the difference between winning a trophy and not
Absolutely!
Prediction - he'll sign a new contract.
I know I'm not putting my neck on the line, but still.
I know I'm not putting my neck on the line, but still.
All the closest journalists to Florentino Pérez, which are the only ones someone can believe as they ONLY say whatever his master wants them to say, say the same: Zizou does not want him anymore, and Florentino wants a galactico signing, and the two only desires for him are Neymar or Mbappe.
I paste what I said in the transfers thread:
"The Meatball has as good information about Real Madrid as I have about the malaysian stock markets. He knows nothing. Every journalist close to Florentino Pérez or his executives keep saying if an offer of at least 160 million € is received Florentino will put a ribbon over him sending him anywhere. Those 366 million pounds numbers were defined as nonsense by them. And they are Florentino doggies, working basically as Mouths of Sauron."
This can change eventually? Sure. And one has not to be a fricking mastermind to know what could change that: not being available any of those options both Florentino and Zidane like. The ideal signing would be Mbappe, not Neymar, as it's been repeated that's the signing Zidane really wanted. But the only chance for Neymar or Mbappe to leave is UEFA crushing PSG due to FFP. If that doesn't happen, it's impossible. Right now those journalists I talk about repeat the same: Neymar is impossible right now, and about Mbappe, they don't even talk about him as it's even more impossible. I also talked in another thread about how Zidane always rated Hazard and wanted him in Madrid, since the times Eden was in Lille and Zidane was a football director or whatever in Real Madrid before becoming the Castilla -Real Madrid B- coach, but that Hazard option has been dismissed right now by those Florentino "friends", as it's not the breaking-the-summer move Florentino would really want in a World Cup year.
What I'm 100% sure is there will be a big move implying another big move in Madrid. Which one? I don't know, and hearing those journalists, I think even Florentino doesn't know yet. Ronaldo has to talk publicly yet and he has said he will, once he's with Portugal national team, and Bale has also said he will talk with the president in a few days.
Remember Florentino is a specialist in August 31 signings -if the fax works, lol-, so the Madrid saga will be long, long, looooong.
I paste what I said in the transfers thread:
"The Meatball has as good information about Real Madrid as I have about the malaysian stock markets. He knows nothing. Every journalist close to Florentino Pérez or his executives keep saying if an offer of at least 160 million € is received Florentino will put a ribbon over him sending him anywhere. Those 366 million pounds numbers were defined as nonsense by them. And they are Florentino doggies, working basically as Mouths of Sauron."
This can change eventually? Sure. And one has not to be a fricking mastermind to know what could change that: not being available any of those options both Florentino and Zidane like. The ideal signing would be Mbappe, not Neymar, as it's been repeated that's the signing Zidane really wanted. But the only chance for Neymar or Mbappe to leave is UEFA crushing PSG due to FFP. If that doesn't happen, it's impossible. Right now those journalists I talk about repeat the same: Neymar is impossible right now, and about Mbappe, they don't even talk about him as it's even more impossible. I also talked in another thread about how Zidane always rated Hazard and wanted him in Madrid, since the times Eden was in Lille and Zidane was a football director or whatever in Real Madrid before becoming the Castilla -Real Madrid B- coach, but that Hazard option has been dismissed right now by those Florentino "friends", as it's not the breaking-the-summer move Florentino would really want in a World Cup year.
What I'm 100% sure is there will be a big move implying another big move in Madrid. Which one? I don't know, and hearing those journalists, I think even Florentino doesn't know yet. Ronaldo has to talk publicly yet and he has said he will, once he's with Portugal national team, and Bale has also said he will talk with the president in a few days.
Remember Florentino is a specialist in August 31 signings -if the fax works, lol-, so the Madrid saga will be long, long, looooong.
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Bale is in a really good position now. He can move clubs and earn shitloads or he can stay, still earn shitloads. Next year, who knows.
I think Ronaldinho put that myth to bed. If you're good enough people will throw money, sponsorships and women at you.
When Bale is in form he's easily top 5 in the world. I wouldn't want him to leave unless someone like Neymar or Salah signs instead, and I still rate Bale above Salah.
Nobody wants to see DDG go, that's just bonkers, but we're realistic enough to know that like the Mounties Real Madrid nearly always get their man eventually(if not this year it'll be next year, or the year after), so instead of spending all Summer arguing the toss with them over the price/installments etc etc just offer them a straight swap(a deal that would be beneficial to both parties), take it or leave it, if they refuse hide the fax-machine, and move on.
This is a big Summer, probably the most important since SAF left, and you're suggesting we negotiate, with no guarantee of success with Real Madrid for Bale and possibly miss out on other targets, no thanks.
Straight swap, or move on.
can we set up a crowd funding event to raise the money to buy him? Well, pay for his flight over to sign for us.
And then we waste time scouting and negotiating for a goalkeeper we suddenly need.
I was against signing Bale at first due to his injuries
But the last player we signed with a history of injuries, Hargreaves still won the PL & CL with us
and right now we would all love that to happen again
Commercially his value to Man Utd and Adidas would be huge and this could help
take care of the big gamble to sign him, but there is no doubt Bale is they type of player
we need to take us to the next level
But the last player we signed with a history of injuries, Hargreaves still won the PL & CL with us
and right now we would all love that to happen again
Commercially his value to Man Utd and Adidas would be huge and this could help
take care of the big gamble to sign him, but there is no doubt Bale is they type of player
we need to take us to the next level
Sure, we would recuperate the money in no time on shirt sales alone.
I'd get two just to help pay for him.I would base it on age. Mbappe and Neymar are going for those kinds of numbers but they're both younger than Bale is.
You have a point about Mahrez though. If he's worth £75m then Bale is certainly worth £100m+.
That would be Van Persie.
That's my gut feeling too. I reckon Madrid will promise to give him more games and he'll stay. However, if talks break down, I'd love to see him here.
Or, better still, give Romero a shot at being first-choice(he's earned it), with Sam Johnstone or JC Pereira as backup
According to my Instagram timeline, Bale reportedly told his teammates that he’s off to United for regular football, it’s done dealio folks.
Oops true but i was thinking last injured player to help us win CL
RVP didn't do to badly either, would take a PL right now as well
Id prefer this over Bale, but will go for stupid money given how much Coutinho moved for and I feel Eriksen is at the same level. Prices atm are beyond stupid.
He did well in the CL final, but I still don't want him. We need to move on. The transfer fee and his ridiculous wages are not worth it imho. Let's get younger with great technique and a good fitness record, and just move forward with our team building. Cutting corners with so called experienced 'star' players has not been a winning formula for us so far, and has cost a crazy amount of money.
Plus we'd have two 'untouchable' players (Sanchez and Bale) on ridiculous wages who must play irrespective of how crap they might be at any particular moment. They are also closer to 30. That's just wasting money imo.
In the meantime, Pool and City seem to be investing wisely, whilst we fanny about.
Also, bear in mind if Madrid wanted him forever, he wouldn't have given us a second thought - that's how much he wants to be here We're also the only dumb rich club who can afford his ridiculous wages. Really do not want.
Plus we'd have two 'untouchable' players (Sanchez and Bale) on ridiculous wages who must play irrespective of how crap they might be at any particular moment. They are also closer to 30. That's just wasting money imo.
In the meantime, Pool and City seem to be investing wisely, whilst we fanny about.
Also, bear in mind if Madrid wanted him forever, he wouldn't have given us a second thought - that's how much he wants to be here
We're also the only dumb rich club who can afford his ridiculous wages. Really do not want.Romelu - Alexis - Gareth
This transfer if it ever happens is divisive to our fan base because of the following ;
- Age 29 in July.... max 3 good years
- Injury Record
- Transfer Fee probably £120M
- Wages probably 4 year contract on 500k per week
- He's turned us down at least 3 times previously!
- Will he flourish under Jose's methods
I'm gonna stick my neck out on this one. Bale to Bayern, lewandowski to Real, Benzema to - ah who cares?