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Thirty months ago, two goals from Gareth Bale, one of them a spectacular Chilean, gave Real Madrid its thirteenth European Cup. Never in history has a substitute footballer achieved a double in a final of Champions, more than enough reason to smile until his cheeks were stiff, but the Welshman decided to join Cristiano’s discordant note and annoy the celebration of that magical night in Kiev.
“I am very disappointed that I did not start the game as a starter. I felt like I deserved it. I need to play every other week and, for some things or for others, that has not happened. I was injured for five or six weeks, but it had been quite good for a while. I have to sit down this summer to talk with my agent to think about my future, “he said. Bale at the MVP press conference of the final. Ugly. Ugly.
Bale’s inopportune and surely selfish words turned against him for the next two years. He wanted to be a starter by decree and a Madrid franchise footballer. Ronaldo’s departure granted him his wish, but at the moment of truth he neither deserved to play nor, of course, to be the standard bearer for Real Madrid. Lopetegui, Solari and again Zidane. The three ended up desperate with Gareth’s apathy, very little committed to the project and abandoned on a physical and mental level. 24 months of decline for a footballer with a gross salary of 30 million euros who preferred to play golf over football. For Zidane’s respite, after enduring one more season at his side than the French coach would have liked, Bale returned to London last September. The Welshman added three goals and two assists in his last year with the Real Madrid shirt. Ridiculous numbers that seemed difficult to get worse, but that is on the way to them in his second stage as a Tottenham footballer.
Mourinho’s old wish
Mourinho had a thorn stuck and saw the perfect moment to remove it. The Portuguese left the Real Madrid bench in the summer of 2013, a few weeks before the white entity signed Bale, one of the footballers who most enthuse the Portuguese coach. First train that escaped him. He wanted to take it in 2016 and in 2017 when he was managing United, but received a no both times. Second train lost. On the third, he finally managed to get on. Last summer, and with full powers in his new stage at Tottenham, he managed to get Daniel Levy to bring him back, but Bale has nothing to do with that world star who led the Spurs between 2007 and 2013.
The Welshman is signing some testimonial numbers and has not removed the sanbenito of crystal player. Of 30 matches, He has played only twelve – 40% – and of those twelve only seven starters – six of them in the Europa League and only one in the Premier. He adds three goals and has not given a single assist. He arrived injured, took a month to debut and has also suffered two other muscle setbacks. Zero influence on the green and usual tenant of the infirmary. Neither Mourinho has been able to awaken in him an iota of pride: “Do you want to be here or do you want to go to Madrid not to play?”, The coach told Bale in training last week. Threat to try to make a footballer react who in May 2018 had a market value of 90 million euros and, today, does not exceed 20.
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