Quote from: NotATether on November 10, 2020, 04:49:06 PM

Do any of you think that Bale has somewhat become worse in recent years? He scored about a dozen goals in almost each season during 2013-2018. Suddenly he's putting out only 2 goals last year, which sounds like the reason Real sent him on loan in the first place. I don't think this is the kind of player that Spurs wants to keep forever.

He also got an injury this year that made him miss 11 games in the span of 37 days.

https://www.transfermarkt.com/gareth-bale/verletzungen/spieler/39381

He was out of plan of Zidane after his 2 goals in the Champions League final match with Liverpool. In the summer transfer season after that match, Bale wanted to leave and almost left the club. At the end, he stucked in Bernabeu and was out of the squad. Golf is his life after that and in last 2 seasons. What Real and Zizou did show that they did not respect one of their greatest players. Bale reacted badly later but I can understand why Bale did so.

Quote from: hilariousetc on November 10, 2020, 05:40:13 PM

I think the loan deal they got him on was ludicrous and was practically a transfer in all but name. It wasn't a good deal at all. They should have waited for his contract to expire and got him for free though I get the feeling Mourhinio doesn't have time to waste. I certainly don't think they should be paying anything to sign him permanently when they can get him for free if they wait. There's no way he's going back to Real that's for sure.

Real and Zizou don't need Bale and you are totally right that loan deal and free transfer is best for Spurs. I was surprised when I saw the news.

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How can you score goals when he didn't even make the bench half of the time? Real Madrid were foolish to not utilise him when he was fit and Zidane not even having him on the bench when he was available was silly. They only loaned him out because Zidane made it publicly clear he wasn't in his plans so they might as well try recoup some of the ludicrous wages they're paying him to keep the bench warm or play golf.

Without Bale, Real Madrid would have not won 2 Champions league trophies and Zizou would have not gotten his 3 trophies in a row and become the first manager did it in Champions League.

Quote from: slapper on November 10, 2020, 06:22:53 PM

Although Bale had played for Tot for 6 years from 2007 to 2013, I guess he still need time to adapt and get use to this place. He had many extraodinary seasons with Real Madrid. Since Zidane did not want to use him anymore (most of the time he was on the bench whcih prevent him from scoring), his performance goes down really fast. Time will heal this man cause he is quite a big player. Mourinho understands what to do with his chess. This coach only makes a few mistake on the transfer market

Bale simply fits with Mourinho speedy counter-attacking tactics. He only needs to train more and get his physical fitness back.