Bale: “It seemed that Hazard had killed someone”

After seven years as a Real Madrid player, Gareth Bale, who a priori will return to the Santiago Bernabéu starting this summer, is clear that the fact that football is “magnified” in Spain has ended up affecting his relationship with the club. His tortuous relationship with the press of our country, reported now in an interview with the newspaper The Times, speaks, according to his version, of a player who he never wanted to bow to the media demands of his status as the team's star, and now Hazard, in the spotlight from his behavior on and off the field, he could be on his way to follow in his footsteps.

“I think that what bothered the press, and I know for a fact that this was the case, was that it did not act as it was supposed to.But, the truth is, I'm not going to change for anyone, “says the Welshman.”I'm not going to let the press change my life or the way I do things, and I think that, for that reason, I took some extra stick, but I accepted it “.

One of the issues that has been criticized the most has been the fact that, after so long in the capital of Spain, did not speak Spanish, something that he denies is true: “I speak well enough to defend myself and I understand everything what happens around me. What really bothered the press was that he didn't talk to themSo they made up a huge drama, a soap opera about me not being able to do this or that. “

A situation, according to him, that could live from now on Eden Hazard, who, like Bale, has been criticized for his continuous injuries and for extra-sports behaviors such as the laughter on the green of Stamford Bridge after the elimination of the team in the semifinals of the Champions League. “I've seen what they've done, yeah, and it literally looked like he just killed someone. After all, it's just a football game“, criticizes the still white player.

“The issue is that in Madrid they expect you to be a galactic, that is, to do what they have seen other players do before, and, the truth, surely I am not like them. I like to be with my people and be discreet, while there are many others who like to go out and, well, not to show off, but to build their brand, so to speak. Son those who go to these red carpet events. I've never been like this, I like to play football, go home and be a normal person, “claims the Briton, who has closed an intermittent but good season at Tottenham.”In Spain football is very magnified, everything you do at Real Madrid is magnified, and that means you have cameras around you 24/7. It takes getting used to. “