Bale refused to go to Manchester knowing he was not going to play

“There is no solution to Bale's problem.” This is how emphatically an authorized voice of the more direct environment Welsh footballer asked by AS. The relationship between Zidane and Bale has escalated in the degree of confrontation with the passage of time until it exploded. And he has done it now, just before the most important game of the season against City. This same source, who prefers to remain anonymous, points out that Bale refused to travel, knowing full well that it was impossible for him to dispute a single minute. Zidane's words have been taken, in a way, as a betrayal by the Welsh player's environment, because they leave him at the feet of the horses.

Up to five questions had to be answered about Bale Zidane at the pre-match press conference. The staging of the bad relationship between player and coach was worldwide, and the space it has occupied in the media, when playing such a transcendental game, is very significant. But the worst is not that, the worst is that, as pointed out by the Bale environment to this newspaper, “he has two years left on his contract, it is that simple.”

The scuffle between Bale and Zidane was widely reported in the English press. The prestigious The Telegraph even advanced in the scoop that “Real Madrid admits that it was wrong to block Bale's departure to China last summer.” Jonathan Barnett, his representative, had planned an operation to take him to Jiangsu Suning that placed Bale as the highest paid player in the world, but who did not leave a single euro in Madrid's coffers …

Over time (and given Bale's poor performance) it has been shown that it was not a bad business for Real Madrid. Bale is the player who charges the most from the squad with Ramos, 14.5 million euros clean per season. To the white entity it means 30 million per year. The Welshman has a contract until 2022. Had he let him go, Madrid would have saved a figure close to 90 million euros.