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Does that player exist, with any consistency, any more?
And is it worth the opportunity cost? How many other players would we have to forego?
I’m not sold personally, albeit I recognise there’s plenty of appeal!
I did open and close my post saying it doesn't make sense.
My view on the transfer is purely emotional. The financials. His current ability. Motivation, or lack thereof. They've all been discussed to death by posters here already. There isn't anything more I can add to that.
What I can do is try to paint a picture of how having Bale in our team made me feel. I've had few football highs as grand as watching him bulldoze his way through a team and spank it into the top corner with regularity. It was magical to watch and experience. He was a proper player, someone who, to borrow a cliche, 'you pay to go and see.'