Yeah, in no way, shape or form should we be signing Bale. Do not want him, either on loan for a season or permanently. There are tons of players we can get instead of him. Also, with his injury record, even a year long loan (everything else excluded) is a horrible option.
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Oh god mate no!!! Plus his agent has reported today that he and his family are happy in Spain and he has no plans on leaving. Says it all to me! Enjoy the sun and golf while your injured!
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Yeah there’s absolutely no way they will do that. They will make us pay the full wages and his agent will still want a ridiculous fee. Thanks Bale but kindly do one!
Madrid's whole reason is to get rid of Bale, and free up the wages. The loan deal you are mentioning is as good as having Bale in the RM team itself. Longstanding rumours have been that RM want Bale as part of any Pogba deal, which is a stupid deal on our part, if it were to happen. I would be more happy dealing with Juve, and getting Dybala + cash in return. But that is only if we lose Lukaku.
While I don't prefer Bale, that is still an unfair comparision. A 30 year-old Ronaldo still outshines most players on the planet. More a testament to Ronaldo than anything else.
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Cengiz Under looks some talent for Turkey!
Turfed out of Madrid and Bayern hmm. I've said it before one of the most overrated player whos living of that one goal in the worldcup. Looked so out of place when we played Bayern forgot he was even on the pitch.
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He's been disgracefully treated by Madrid is what he's been.
The Mirror reporting we're interested in taking Bale on loan for 12 months with the option of a further 12 months XD Can only mean one of two things:
1- I'm psychic
2- Simon Mullock, who released the story, lurks FM Base
1- I'm psychic
2- Simon Mullock, who released the story, lurks FM Base
Naw, rumours were that Inter were interested in offering either Perisic or Icardi as part swap for Lukaku, but we turned them both down.
These rumours have been there since before the CL quarters. However, I dunno the journalist and how reliable he is, but this would be a pretty ****** option if true. Let Madrid suffer his wages, why the **** should someone make their life easier? Besides, Bale has stated repeatedly that he and his family is settled in Madrid. One can hope he sticks to his word.
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Mullocks not usually very reliable. Only really McDonnell has been right on a few Utd things lately.
Bloke has spent several years getting paid 400k a week for sitting in physio room and getting massages. I don't think he can complain.
Real Madrid's fans are a fcking disgrace to football. They've booed CR7 at the peak of his powers more than once. To the point that he had to publicly ask them not to.
Bale has to be analysed in this context. R. Madrid's is a toxic and competitive environment. In most clubs, after winning 3 ucl's and being decisive in 2 finals, people would idolize him.
In fact, he has 102 goals and 64 assists in 231 matches for Madrid. That's amazing. He has spent a lot of time in DM, but he's a great footballer, one of the best in the decade and people need to stop pretending that there's many more players better than him out there. Or that we can do much better than him.
Bale has to be analysed in this context. R. Madrid's is a toxic and competitive environment. In most clubs, after winning 3 ucl's and being decisive in 2 finals, people would idolize him.
In fact, he has 102 goals and 64 assists in 231 matches for Madrid. That's amazing. He has spent a lot of time in DM, but he's a great footballer, one of the best in the decade and people need to stop pretending that there's many more players better than him out there. Or that we can do much better than him.
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Yeah, and let's put that in context. He has been a beast, yes. But he has been injured for more than that. Way more. I think he has played 30 games in a season, what, once since he moved there? Something like that. Whatever his record is, his injury record is worse.
Plus, he is 30. And on insane wages. Can we do much better than him? Yes, we can. Will he have an immediate impact? Maybe not. But atleast we won't be burdened with an injury plagued player past his best, on insane wages that don't really justify.
Right now, we have Sanchez as the face of things wrong with our transfer policy. We pull a Sanchez and get Bale, we are going to have to call it Bale from now on.
He is a great footballer. In fact, was. And yes, RM fans are a disgrace. But despite all that, I don't want us to be stuck with Bale for the next part of 3-4 years. When we cannot move him on, at all. And on his wages. Just look at how RM are struggling to move him on, as an example.
Oh, and also, he is past his best. So, yeah, nobody is pretending there are many players better than him. Fact of the matter is, there are. He was a beast, and his record at RM is pretty good. But he is past that now.
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There’s some mad things being reported by that paper today mate.
Like de Ligt’s alleged massive wage demands which would be nottin like that.
I personally wouldn't see too much issue/risk in flogging Sanchez off to Inter, Atleti or whoever will take him & signing Bale on loan for a season as a stop-gap for someone like Sancho, if it's deemed: 'ok, let's spend big on defence and MF, get Bale on loan so we still have maximum budget to spend in other areas in Ole's first summer (CB, CM/DM, RB, maybe ST depending on Lukaku,, & then go in big again next summer on attack'.
People talk about his wages, but despite his big package, even if we paid 100% of his wages (I'd prefer if we agreed a 50-70% thing), we'd still be reducing the bill by getting him in as a result of Sanchez out.
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****** **** Bale on one wing and Sanchez on the other. Shoot me now!!