James and Bale, € 176 M blank

James and Bale, which cost Madrid 75 and 101 million euros, respectively, have become invisible soccer players. Simply they don't count for Zidane. Villamarín was the witness scenario. With Real Madrid with the rope around his neck and the leadership slipping from his fingers, the French coach He did not have them warmed. Mariano, a striker who was in the most absolute of ostracisms until the Classic, has become more relevant than them …

Especially The situation of the Colombian is complicated. In the two key competitions of Real Madrid, the League and the Champions League, he has not been seen since last October 22 in Istanbul. They are 22 games of those two competitions and was relegated (surprisingly) to the Spanish Super Cup and especially in the Copa del Rey. But it is more than significant, in addition, that in his last game, the day of elimination collects against Real Sociedad, Zizou replaced the break.

A history of ups and downs

The ups and downs of Zidane with coffee and Welsh have been constant. Even that tongue twister of Marseille when he spoke in November of the “Unavailability” from James and Bale Although the technician acknowledged that they were not injured. Speaking of injuries, a recurring issue in Bale, is not that the Colombian has been regularly healthy. Have been four ailments, among them his controversial ligament injury with Colombia.

Madrid and Bale have signed an armistice until summer, where the attacker will be a very hot spot for the club, and even the controversial player's representative speaks of a new contract. But James's situation is no less complex. The Colombian will turn 29 before starting next season and he would enter his final contract year, which ends in June 2021. A problem for your departure. Because in January the coffee maker could negotiate with any open-face club and, if he goes for free, negotiate a juicy signing bonus as a free footballer. James and Bale are living a blank 2020 until a summer arrives which, in both cases, promises to be everything but quiet …