The last problem of Madrid with Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale has become a headache for him Real Madrid, what awaits you tomorrow in Valdebebas to join the preseason team of Carlo Ancelotti after playing on loan last season at the Tottenham. The firm intention of the Welsh player is to fulfill his contract with the entity, to which he is linked until 2022.

The white club has encountered an unexpected problem that it will have to solve before the course starts: due to the departure of the UK of the European Union, popularly known as Brexit and that entered into force on January 1, 2021, Gareth Bale it happens to occupy a position of extracommunity. The main drawback is that the Real Madrid has the quota of non-EU players filled with Brazilians Eder Militao, Rodrygo Goes and Vinicius Jr. Kubo is the other non-EU player on the squad, but the white club will most likely give him away again next season.

As published by MD on April 5, 2020, British citizens were aware that the EU and UK reached an agreement before January 1 to have the same labor rights as those of the Union but finally an understanding was not reached and Bale will occupy a foreign position in the team of Carlo Ancelotti.

Until the return of Gareth Bale, the only player of The league british was Kieran trippier, of Atlético de Madrid. Thanks to a pact between AFE, Liga and RFEF, the British players were considered EU until the end of last season, a status that they will no longer be able to enjoy from now on.

“On a temporary basis, the community status with which the 2020-2021 season began will be maintained for all those footballers with nationality of the UK that, as of December 31, 2020, they have signed a contract and issued a valid license with a club assigned to professional categories ”, was published in Circular 50 of the RFEF on December 31, 2020.