Gareth Bale's future remains unknown. Zidane does not seem to count on him, but has a contract until June 2022 and his representative, Jonathan Barnett, speaks clearly in statements to this newspaper: “He is delighted to continue two more years. Madrid is wasting the possibility of using it because it is a professional“With that pretext, a new summer arrives.
Bale's rope is getting tighter and tighter and the fans have it clear: they want him out of Madrid. He also speaks without regard Andros Townsend (Leytonstone, 29 years old), his former teammate at Tottenham just before he embarked for the Spanish capital. Townsend knows him, they shared a locker room for years and he is very clear that Gareth would like his future to pass through North London.
“Honestly, if I were Bale I would like to go back to Tottenham. Here he was happy, the team leader. They loved him and he was on top of his game. I wish I was on the Spurs right now and have the freedom to do whatever I want, without worrying about whether someone spies on you while playing golf or not. I think he wants to come back, “he said in statements to talkSPORT.
Bale and Townsend, during a match with Tottenham.
And it is that the extreme, the morning of the game against him Manchester City, was playing golf. All, after having asked not to be summoned when knowing that he would not have minutes. Those images did not like part of Real Madrid, which he blames lack of professionalism. Its representative, precisely, highlights professionalism as a virtue of his. “He is complete, he continues to train”, he pointed.
Bale arrived in Madrid in 2013 as one of the great stars of world football. With the whites, to date, he has played 251 games, in which he has scored 105 goals. In total, 17,926 ', that is, he scores a goal every 170'. Some as iconic as the Chilean in the Champions League final against Liverpool or the gallop against Bartra in the Cup final.
its honors It is enviable: four Champions, two Leagues, a Copa del Rey, a Spanish Super Cup, four Club World Cups and three European Super Cups. He is the 17th top scorer in the history of Real Madrid, ahead of Ronaldo Nazário (104), Zamorano (77) or Morientes (72).