The divorce between Real Madrid and Gareth Bale is total, and has reached a point where it has become irreversible. The statements of his agent, Jonathan Barnett, visible head of the powerful agency Stellar Group, against the white fans have been the spark that has fueled the umpteenth fire around the Welshman: “It’s irrelevant, I don’t care what the Real Madrid fans think. Why should I be concerned? They have been disgusting to Bale, they have been mean to him. “
The statement from the Federation of Peñas de la Comunidad de Madrid is just the tip of the iceberg of the outrage that Barnett’s words have caused among Real Madrid fans. These words also arrive at an inopportune moment for Bale’s credibility among the fans., after leaving with his team to try to get a ticket for the Qatar World Cup, which he did not succeed, despite the fact that he came out of an injury and had not played minutes with Madrid; to top, returned injured from Wales and is not expected to return before mid-DecemberIt could even be delayed until the start of 2022.
Bale’s prioritization of his team, despite the fact that it is Madrid who pays his salary, irritates the white fans, a phenomenon that threatens to repeat itself in March, with the celebration of the European play-off to go to the World Cup: Wales will face Austria first and, if they win, the winner of Scotland-Ukraine; the final winner of the home run will be in Qatar 2022. It will be necessary to see in what state Bale arrives and at what point his reputation is in Madrid.
Bale does not worry Madrid
Right now, it cannot trade lower. That placard event in Wales, with a message (“Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order”) that mocked the winger’s priorities, among which his club was below the national team and his fondness for the sport of 18 holes, already caused significant anger between madridismo. That 2019-20 academic year he stayed in Madrid by chance, during the previous summer Zidane clearly expressed his wishes for him to leave, that were fulfilled in the following campaign, with an assignment in the Tottenham irregular, but fruitful: he scored 16 goals and gave three assists in just 1,667 minutes.
It was not enough for any team to be interested in him for this course and the Zidane’s departure spurred the Welshman to try to make a good final season in Madrid, under the orders of an Ancelotti with whom he had his disagreements, but who also drew from him a remarkable level between 2013 and 2015. But the lesions have reappeared: He has barely played 193 minutes, he has not played in white since August 28.
Not a few voices have demanded an institutional reaction from Real Madrid after Barnett’s statements, but at the club they maintain silence and calm, because they know that Bale de blanco’s path has an expiration date: June 30, 2022. That day his contract ends, which he will not renew and thanks to which Madrid will release 30 million euros of his salary bill. In the club they ignore the controversies around a player on the starting ramp.