Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

[benparry23]

Who else is waiting to see Bale’s and Reguilon’s fantasy football price and adding them to their team regardless of how much they cost?

Working out how to fit in Son, Harry and Bale!

Hopefully they have Bale as a midfielder!

 

[TheAmerican]

Some people will just never be happy.
We got Bale = But we still need a CAM
it is like someone handing you the keys to a bugatti and you complaining about the color.
Just enjoy this for a minute before you bang on bitching about something else.

I don’t think we’ll see a pure no. 10. Having said that, I think we have enough depth between our winger/advanced midfielders to always have depth across the attacking positions (once we sign a striker).

 

[SUIYHA]

Mourinho is going to have no excuse is he. With Bale and Reguilon coming in this is the best Spurs squad in a very long time.

If we follow it with Ings as Kane back up WOW.

Ha....we're off the back of our worst finish in a decade and 24 hours ago people were saying we were going to drop down to 9th place behind Arsenal, Everton, Wolves and maybe even Southampton as well.

Bit of perspective please. Two highly encouraging signings but there are major red flags over our lack of an Eriksen replacement, our centre-backs, and as you say, the backup striker issue. Even if both of these come off we were still stronger 2-3 years ago IMO.

 

[Philly Yid]

Who else is waiting to see Bale’s and Reguilon’s fantasy football price and adding them to their team regardless of how much they cost?

I'm expecting to bid $70 of my available remaining $90 transfer budget as soon as he is added to the player pool

 

[Khilari]

Bale wants to play for Spurs. If he didn't, do you seriously think we'd even have a sniff?

How that translates into a Levy masterstroke is beyond me

Fair play to him IF this happens but this has a lot more to do with the stars and planets aligning just right than any so called genius move by our dear leader. It's a no brainer.

I don't work in business so my apologies if you or others here do and have a far greater appreciation for what's happening.

But I'm fairly sure this sort of a deal is complex. Particularly more so when being attempted by a club that has lost a significant chunk of its operating profit (CL and ticket sales). More even when you consider that Tottenham have never been on par in terms of salary payment as any of the teams we have been competing with in the top 6. And even more when you consider the financial outlay that was put forward in funding in almost its entirety the building of a new £1bn stadium.

He's no oligarch nor is he a nation with which to bankroll the team and yet, he has made a number of bold moves when it comes to transfers. Many have not paid off but I'm not sure that's necessarily his fault.

I'd suggest that any deal DL is attempting to cut that may pave the way for a player of Bale's calibre to join Tottenham is likely to be intricate, carefully put together and a monumental effort on his part.

Whether you are happy with the word genius or not is subjective, but let's not downplay how complex or audacious this move may be.

 

[rez9000]

When do we start the how do we pronounce Bale discussion.

It's funny, but I went to Iran back in 2008 for my brother's wedding and there was a Spurs match on telly (can't remember who it was against) and the Iranian commentator kept pronouncing his name as 'Baal-eh'.

 

[the lad]

People always seem to think we need more. If we get these 2 deals over the line that's 4 first team signings this window. Add Lo Celso and Ndombele from last summer and that's a completely different team to the CL final. Those who were in the first team like Moura and Davies will offer a lot to the squad and Bergwijn from Jan adds another attacking options. If we get a number 9 we are a serious threat this season.

Totally agree, if we get these two done all we need is another Striker.

 

[C0YS]

300k per week is 15m per year. That's a 30m transfer fee on £300k wages assuming they're not lowered further. Another 10m for Real and that doesn't actually seem that bad at all considering it's a very very specific set of circumstance.

There is also a reason why we might want to push for an obligation to buy rather than an option. An option without paying full wages means we have to negotiate the whole wages thing again, and could risk failing to agree on a deal and losing him for, well, nothing. An obligation with us covering all the finances means, well, he's our player, he'd agree to a contract now and all that and there is no further negotiation.

Real Madrid, also, do not want to risk finding him back at the club were he to fail to come to an agreement with us further down the line.

 

[benski]

I think it will happen guys it’s just inevitable

 

[Donki]

Bale wants to play for Spurs. If he didn't, do you seriously think we'd even have a sniff?

How that translates into a Levy masterstroke is beyond me

Fair play to him IF this happens but this has a lot more to do with the stars and planets aligning just right than any so called genius move by our dear leader. It's a no brainer.

Stadium delayed, Levy's fault!
Bale/Berbatov/Modric et al is sold, Levy's fault!
Poch looses a one off CL final, Levy's fault!
COVID stops match day income, Levy's fault!

Levy signs Bale back in an unheard of deal...... the stars and planets did it.

Fuck me.

 

[Hoopspur]

And the big difference is Bale loves Spurs whereas Klinsmann saw us as a stepping stone to Bayern.

So hyped for the next couple of days.

He loved us after the first time he was here. So much so that he returned when we were in deep shit and helped us play our way to safety. I was there at Selhurst for one of his most magnificent performances. Even after Sugar had said he was going to rip up / set fire to Jurgen's shirt and throw it in the bin. I loved that player.

 

[Tucker]

He loved us after the first time he was here. So much so that he returned when we were in deep shit and helped us play our way to safety. I was there at Selhurst for one of his most magnificent performances. Even after Sugar had said he was going to rip up / set fire to Jurgen's shirt and throw it in the bin. I loved that player.

I remember the day we got him back. That was emotional.

 

[HodisGawd]

Bale wants to play for Spurs. If he didn't, do you seriously think we'd even have a sniff?

How that translates into a Levy masterstroke is beyond me

Fair play to him IF this happens but this has a lot more to do with the stars and planets aligning just right than any so called genius move by our dear leader. It's a no brainer.

Why do you think the stars and planets have aligned? It's not just some random series of circumstances, it's because we are now one of those planet-sized clubs, while previously we were just some rock floating around space. Yes, Bale wants to play for us. Because we are a big enough club for him. That is down to years and years of building this club so it can make deals like this. It simply wouldn't have been financially possible - regardless of whether Bale wants to play for us - had we still been in WHL.

 

[rez9000]

I actually had to try and see if you can now get the shirt and it worked, ffs im 45 years old

I wasn't planning on buying this season's shirt at all (not a big fan of the blue arm trim) and whenever I do buy a shirt I never put player's names or numbers on them. But if we get Bareth back, I'm going full-on!

 

[TottenhamLegend]

12.5 and 7.5

And yes... well Bale. Because... gotta.

No way Reguilon will be 7.5. That is Trent's price, no other defender is that high. 6.0 probably.

Bale about 11.5 IMO.

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

Bale wants to play for Spurs. If he didn't, do you seriously think we'd even have a sniff?

How that translates into a Levy masterstroke is beyond me

Fair play to him IF this happens but this has a lot more to do with the stars and planets aligning just right than any so called genius move by our dear leader. It's a no brainer.

The dear leader who had the vision to build a billion pound stadium in order to make the club more appealable to players of Bale's qulity?

Come on mate, he deserves a little bit of slack every now and then!

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Whether you are happy with the word genius or not is subjective, but let's not downplay how complex or audacious this move may be.

Who's downplaying? It's a deal, a complex deal for sure but one that pretty much any chairman of any football club would do, it's not so riddled with intricacy that there's only a few people in the world that could manage it. We're not talking cracking the Enigma machine here.

I'm not suggesting he deserves no credit and like I said, fair play to him IF it happens but Genius? Masterstroke? Nah. Not for me.

 

[spurs mental]

12.5 and 7.5

And yes... well Bale. Because... gotta.

No chance. Bale will be 9-10. Reggie will be 5.5/6 in line with Doc

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

The dear leader who had the vision to build a billion pound stadium in order to make the club more appealable to players of Bale's qulity?

Come on mate, he deserves a little bit of slack every now and then!

OK........ again, I just think words like genius and masterstroke are a tad OTT, that's all, nowhere have I said he shouldn't get any credit if this comes off.

 

[HodisGawd]

Who's downplaying? It's a deal, a complex deal for sure but one that pretty much any chairman of any football club would do, it's not so riddled with intricacy that there's only a few people in the world that could manage it. We're not talking cracking the Enigma machine here.

I'm not suggesting he deserves no credit and like I said, fair play to him IF it happens but Genius? Masterstroke? Nah. Not for me.

I'm not saying this deal is a masterstroke. I'm saying his whole long-term strategy that has made this possible is a masterstroke.