Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

[JOLLHURN]

Bale again?

Fucking yawn.

 

[RikkiRocket]

Bale again?

Fucking yawn.

lol. He’s just Ericksen with a better credit rating. ?

 

[HedgieSpur]

They really like 'soccer'

According to one list that I saw it's the 4th most popular sport shown on TV, with only NFL, Basketball and Baseball above it. The same for participation. I guess you can find all sorts of list that move 'soccer' up or down a place or two but it's undeniably very very popular over there.

Agreed. Add to this the fact that demographics in the US significantly favour its rapid development with pretty much all of Latin America and the Caribbean playing the game (save for Panama, DR and Cuba where baseball and boxing are paramount) and the US born generations continuing the trend.

 

[Klinsmannic]

We have more chance of bringing Robbie Keane back out of retirement. And he'd be more productive than Bale.

 

[joey55]

I don't understand why it's not viable.

Bale has proven he wont' be pushed around by Madrid and they know that. He's shown he's not bluffing and will sit on the bench and collect his salary, that put's him and potential destination clubs in a strong position.

Zidane has shown he isn't really going to use Bale.

So he's going to be available for loan and Madrid just have to see how much of his salary they can get covered.

Of course, if Bale decides he is still prepared to go to China, than that's that. But if he wants to stay in Europe, what options does he really have?

Realistically there will only be a handful of clubs that he'd be prepared to go to and who will want him. If PSG were interested it would have happened over the last couple of year already. I don't see Juve and a Ronaldo reunion. So in Italy it's only Inter and Milan. Very unlikely Bayern would be in for him, so nowhere in Germany. Nowhere in Spain. Here, no one above us will be interested and I can't see Bale being prepared to play for Everton or Newcastle.

If we are prepared to pay 200k a week, for a 2 year loan, there is every chance we could sign him. Madrid aren't just going to throw 20 million away, which they'd be doing by keeping him. All we'd have to do is sell Lamela. So unless China or the MLS are viable destinations, we have to be very serious contenders, if we want him.

Seriously, which rich clubs in Europe are suddenly going to want to sign Bale? There are just so few options for him and Madrid gain nothing by letting him rot on their bench, that's if he even gets in their match day squad.

I'm not saying it will happen and I very much doubt it will, but I don't get the idea that it's not viable. It's clearly viable as there aren't a group of super clubs in Europe that no one has heard of. We know the kind of clubs Bale would consider and we know there are very few of those that would be interested in Bale. I'd imagine it will be a move to China, but if not, if we want him, then there is every chance we could sign him.

I think people are under the impression that this would be a much more expensive deal than it will be. But there is simply no benefit to Madrid from having sit around collecting his salary and they can't even pretend to potential suitors that they might keep him to use as a player. Getting Bale out of Madrid is just a cost saving exercise and I doubt they are under any illusions, that if Bale insists on staying in Europe, that they will be able to save much more than 10 million a year.

 

[tiger666]

lol. He’s just Ericksen with a better credit rating. ?

At least you can spell his name.

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

Not really a big Bale fan tbh, sure he's been treated badly by Madrid but I remember hearing from Jermain Defoe on a podcast recently where he said that Bale has had an ego ever since Redknapp and AVB times where he'd often just not train that day or turn up late or whatever and because it was wonderboy Gareth Redknapp and AVB would just be look ok cool yea do what you want mate. Sure he turned up every saturday and smashed it for us winning games on his own but I don't think that is really the kind of attitude we want around the club tbh.

Then there is his age and his extortionate wages so all in all seems like a poor idea tbh. If covid hadn't struck and we had all the income streams mabye worth a gamble as he's obviously a world class player but just don't think its right for us at the moment.

 

[tiger666]

I don't understand why it's not viable.

Bale has proven he wont' be pushed around by Madrid and they know that. He's shown he's not bluffing and will sit on the bench and collect his salary, that put's him and potential destination clubs in a strong position.

Zidane has shown he isn't really going to use Bale.

So he's going to be available for loan and Madrid just have to see how much of his salary they can get covered.

Of course, if Bale decides he is still prepared to go to China, than that's that. But if he wants to stay in Europe, what options does he really have?

Realistically there will only be a handful of clubs that he'd be prepared to go to and who will want him. If PSG were interested it would have happened over the last couple of year already. I don't see Juve and a Ronaldo reunion. So in Italy it's only Inter and Milan. Very unlikely Bayern would be in for him, so nowhere in Germany. Nowhere in Spain. Here, no one above us will be interested and I can't see Bale being prepared to play for Everton or Newcastle.

If we are prepared to pay 200k a week, for a 2 year loan, there is every chance we could sign him. Madrid aren't just going to throw 20 million away, which they'd be doing by keeping him. All we'd have to do is sell Lamela. So unless China or the MLS are viable destinations, we have to be very serious contenders, if we want him.

Seriously, which rich clubs in Europe are suddenly going to want to sign Bale? There are just so few options for him and Madrid gain nothing by letting him rot on their bench, that's if he even gets in their match day squad.

I'm not saying it will happen and I very much doubt it will, but I don't get the idea that it's not viable. It's clearly viable as there aren't a group of super clubs in Europe that no one has heard of. We know the kind of clubs Bale would consider and we know there are very few of those that would be interested in Bale. I'd imagine it will be a move to China, but if not, if we want him, then there is every chance we could sign him.

I think people are under the impression that this would be a much more expensive deal than it will be. But there is simply no benefit to Madrid from having sit around collecting his salary and they can't even pretend to potential suitors that they might keep him to use as a player. Getting Bale out of Madrid is just a cost saving exercise and I doubt they are under any illusions, that if Bale insists on staying in Europe, that they will be able to save much more than 10 million a year.

Yeah and every year we're linked we get posters going out of their way like this trying to convince others why its viable yet, it never happens.

 

[thebenjamin]

If Gareth had any intention of playing for us again it would've happened by now. Plus his agent has said multiple times that he'll never go on loan out of principle.

 

[dirtyh]

being serious for a moment, it would need just one thing to make this a possibility. gareth to actually give a shit about playing actual football.

as he clearly doesn't, just a pointless loop of insanity.

 

[joey55]

Yeah and every year we're linked we get posters going out of their way like this trying to convince others why its viable yet, it never happens.

I'm not saying it's going to happen, I don't think it is, but you can't compare other windows.

If Bale wants to stay in Europe, what are the realistic options? There just aren't many. He's shown Madrid he's prepared to sit around and collect his salary, so they can't force him anywhere.

If Bale want to stay in Europe, then any club he will pay 200k of his salary is a viable option.

 

[JOLLHURN]

I don't understand why it's not viable.

No club wants to pay 200k+ a week for a retired player

 

[BringBack_leGin]

I don't understand why it's not viable.

Bale has proven he wont' be pushed around by Madrid and they know that. He's shown he's not bluffing and will sit on the bench and collect his salary, that put's him and potential destination clubs in a strong position.

Zidane has shown he isn't really going to use Bale.

So he's going to be available for loan and Madrid just have to see how much of his salary they can get covered.

Of course, if Bale decides he is still prepared to go to China, than that's that. But if he wants to stay in Europe, what options does he really have?

Realistically there will only be a handful of clubs that he'd be prepared to go to and who will want him. If PSG were interested it would have happened over the last couple of year already. I don't see Juve and a Ronaldo reunion. So in Italy it's only Inter and Milan. Very unlikely Bayern would be in for him, so nowhere in Germany. Nowhere in Spain. Here, no one above us will be interested and I can't see Bale being prepared to play for Everton or Newcastle.

If we are prepared to pay 200k a week, for a 2 year loan, there is every chance we could sign him. Madrid aren't just going to throw 20 million away, which they'd be doing by keeping him. All we'd have to do is sell Lamela. So unless China or the MLS are viable destinations, we have to be very serious contenders, if we want him.

Seriously, which rich clubs in Europe are suddenly going to want to sign Bale? There are just so few options for him and Madrid gain nothing by letting him rot on their bench, that's if he even gets in their match day squad.

I'm not saying it will happen and I very much doubt it will, but I don't get the idea that it's not viable. It's clearly viable as there aren't a group of super clubs in Europe that no one has heard of. We know the kind of clubs Bale would consider and we know there are very few of those that would be interested in Bale. I'd imagine it will be a move to China, but if not, if we want him, then there is every chance we could sign him.

I think people are under the impression that this would be a much more expensive deal than it will be. But there is simply no benefit to Madrid from having sit around collecting his salary and they can't even pretend to potential suitors that they might keep him to use as a player. Getting Bale out of Madrid is just a cost saving exercise and I doubt they are under any illusions, that if Bale insists on staying in Europe, that they will be able to save much more than 10 million a year.

exactly. If Madrid’s choice is between burning £60m or £40m, they’ll burn £40m.

being serious for a moment, it would need just one thing to make this a possibility. gareth to actually give a shit about playing actual football.

as he clearly doesn't, just a pointless loop of insanity.

His passion playing for Wales suggests otherwise.

They guy clearly just wants to be appreciated, which we would. He’s currently acting out of spite to Madrid, their manager, and their fans, because of how they’ve treated him despite scoring the key goals in two CL final wins and having a great scoring record for them generally, despite never being their main attacker.

Don’t think it’ll ever happen, but two years of Bale and Kane and we win the league. We’d have the two of the three best players in the country.

 

[fb9]

He's probably just fallen out of love with the game. He's made his money and is probably happy to take the money while doing his duties like training etc then going home to spend time with his family and playing golf. Looks to me that he's not bothered about playing anymore and being at Madrid is the easy life for him

 

[fishhhandaricecake]

He's probably just fallen out of love with the game. He's made his money and is probably happy to take the money while doing his duties like training etc then going home to spend time with his family and playing golf. Looks to me that he's not bothered about playing anymore and being at Madrid is the easy life for him

This which is why i'd not want him anyway regardless of the fact he's 30 and will be way too expensive.

 

[joey55]

No club wants to pay 200k+ a week for a retired player

That just means we wouldn't want him, not that it isn't viable.

I really want to know what people think the realistic options for Bale and Madrid are, if Bale wants to stay in Europe.

I keep reading his salary makes it impossible. But I think that's complete nonsense. Madrid are just going to have to recoup as much of his salary as they can and there is going to be a serious shortage of clubs willing to be even close to half of it.

This isn't 2016. There is going be no bidding war between, City, Utd, Bayern, Juve and PSG. For Madrid, financially speaking, this is going to be a damage limitation exercise.

 

[fb9]

This which is why i'd not want him anyway regardless of the fact he's 30 and will be way too expensive.

I've always wanted him back however this season now I'm unsure. I'm assuming (probably wrongly) that he doesn't want to play and his heart isn't in the game anymore and if this is true then I'd stay clear. I could be wrong though and if he does actually want to play ball I'd 100 percent want him back.

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

Nice one, I keep getting those manscapping ads too, let us all know if that tool is any good

Bastard. That should have been my joke you jizz jungle

 

[DJS]

lol. He’s just Ericksen with a better credit rating. ?

Bleurgh... ??

 

[absolute bobbins]

Yeah and every year we're linked we get posters going out of their way like this trying to convince others why its viable yet, it never happens.

Almost as if it isn’t actually all that viable.