Bale will face his departure from Madrid. According to what AS has learned from sources familiar with his contractual situation, the Welsh He has made the decision not to forgive “a penny” of his contract, which runs until 2022 and for which he charges 14.5 million euros net per campaign. For Madrid it will mean a total of 60 million euros (after taxes) if the Welshman does not find equipment. Zidane seems determined not to count on him anymore and he has given notice to both the club and the player himself with his league season finale acts, in which he made the striker disappear in the last six games. Against Leganés, he did not include him in the list, an encounter in which Brahim even had minutes, which he did not count throughout the season.
“Bale is delighted with the idea of continuing two more years in Madrid,” says Jonathan Barnett, his agent, asked by this newspaper. “He is happy in Spain. He and his family. It is a shame that Madrid is wasting the possibility of using him because he is a professional and continues to train well. But it seems that the Welsh disagreement with Zidane is already irreversible. “Regarding that, you should ask Zidane himself. Gareth has no problem nor does he intend to survive Zidane by staying, because he knows he is a coach who has done great things. ”
Last summer Bale was close to heading to China. Jiangsu Suning wanted to make him the highest-paid player in the world, but was unwilling to pay a transfer. Finally, Madrid preferred to scrap the operation, thinking that he could still receive some money for a footballer who, then, still had a star sign after the Kiev final in which he scored two goals, Chilean one for history. Now, those goals and those he scored in two other finals, the Champions League against Liverpool and the Cup against Barça, already seem to have been forgotten. At 31 years old, it seems like an impossible mission to find an accommodation for him: “It is very difficult for someone to assume his record.”
Bale has made the decision not to forgive a single euro of what he charges to leave. “And a loan is not an option for a player of his status,” acknowledges Barnett. In their environment they do not want to think about the possibility that Madrid ends up assuming part of their chip to play in another team. The numbers are difficult to square. As of today, only MLS seems like a serious option for Bale. “It is a league that is growing,” said the striker recently. “There are many players who want to go there now. It is something that would interest me. Also, I love going to Los Angeles on vacation. I play golf a lot there… ” It would be a dream for Madrid to see him there.
More than 100 goals of white.
This season has long been the worst for Gareth Bale in Madrid. Only three goals in 20 games played. Every time Zidane has given him a chance, he has let the coach down. Without going any further, last season he scored 14 and the previous one 21, including the two from the Kiev final. In total, there have been 105 goals in 251 games of white. He arrived in Madrid in the summer of 2013 for 101 million, then the most expensive transfer in history. Today, your agent cannot find you equipment …