With 31 years from next July, contract until 2022 and a salary of 14.5 million euros net, Gareth Bale will face his departure this summer. After this newspaper published that the white entity has reopened the exit door, a probing to the environment closest to the player leaves no doubt: “Gareth's idea, now more than ever, is to end his contract with Madrid. Where would he be better than in Spain?”
Last summer Bale was about to be transferred to Jiungsu Suning of the Chinese Super League. When the movement seemed consummated, everything fell apart because of Madrid's intention to charge a transfer. Jiangsu Suning was to make Bale the highest-paid player in the world. And the footballer had agreed to go to that minor league because he was involved in a project to spread Asian football worldwide that seduced him.
That Chinese offer was the only solid Bale had last summer. Next, with one more year and his injury history (since he came to Madrid, has only been able to play 47% of the minutes possible), it will be even more difficult. The player is also clear that the salary will not be lowered. There are few teams in Europe that can pay 14.5 million to a player …
A Returning to Tottenham is considered impossible, today, by the Welsh representative agency. In reality, his return to the Premier is practically ruled out. Although there was no formal offer, last summer there was an interest from Bayern. But given the evidence that Madrid would request a transfer in that case, the operation was not even considered between clubs. If not to China, Bale's only exit may already be to the US. In any case it is something that does not stress the least bit to the player, who will be about to turn 34 when his contract with Real Madrid ends.
If last summer the white club was about to give the letter of freedom to the player, the forecast for him, As pointed out by AS, this direct source from the Welsh environment, is that even Madrid has to take over part of the file so that it can leave. It would be the club's decision to assess whether it is better to take that salary even if it is assuming part of the costs (it must be taken into account that the total salary mass of the first team amounts to 283 million euros), Or if it would be better, since the player is fully amortized, keep it to help on time.
Bale's salary key
The case is that Bale, reason why his surroundings slide, he is not willing to give an iota after what he understood as a professional abuse what happened last summer. First, when Zidane was wrong to say, “If he leaves today, better than tomorrow.” Later, when it became known that Madrid was not going to charge a transfer for him. “Everything was very bad for his image,” they justify. Bale himself explained it on Sky: “I can't say I'm happy in Madrid”, He was sincerely there in September. “Last season was difficult for everyone, for the team and for me. I understand that they made me more of a scapegoat than the rest. I don't think it was fair… ”
JESUS ALVAREZ ORIHUELA (DIARIO AS)
Bale signed his last renewal with Madrid in October 2016. He had a contract with the entity until 2019 and they signed three more seasons. Two months before, United, then trained by Mourinho, bid to get their services. It was the last great opportunity he had to sell it, but then Bale still seemed a strategic player for the white entity. Today, he is just a residual footballer, with a high profile, who will make his exit difficult.