index – Gareth Bale

WILL SPURS SIGN BALE PERMANENTLY

The future of Gareth Bale was in serious doubt until this weekend when he finally announced his second coming at Tottenham Hotspur. The Welsh international player had been a shadow of himself in his second spell at Tottenham Hotspur until this weekend when he announced himself with two goals and one assist during the 4-0 thumping of Burnley at home on Sunday. Gareth Bale re-signed for Tottenham Hotspur on loan from Real Madrid last year, seven years after he had left the club for the same Spanish La Liga outfit for a then world-record fee of £85.3m. Since his return to Spurs, manager Jose Mourinho has not played him regularly but that could change now after his heroics at the weekend. His performance against the Clarets would have gone a long way to convince the Spurs heirarchy about signing the Welshman on a permanent deal at the end of his loan spell this summer. He had scored one goal in the league and was looking largely unfit due to a lack of playing time until the last one week.

HOW BALE HAS FARED AT SPURS

It has not been the happy return many envisaged for Gareth Bale when the Welsh national team star left Real Madrid last summer to sign for Tottenham Hotspur on loan for the duration of the current campaign. Gareth Bale was hardly given a game by Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane last season and he had to leave the club either on loan or on a permanent deal in search of regular first team football.

Gareth Bale is a world beater on his own but Spurs have not been able to enjoy anything close to world beater due to his fitness problems. Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho has not given him a lot of minutes when he has been fit for reasons best known to him. Continue reading

MOURINHO PROVIDES BALE INJURY UPDATE AHEAD OF WOLVES TIE

Tottenham manager José Mourinho has provided an update regarding Gareth Bale after the winger was brought off at half-time against Stoke City despite scoring the opener. Mourinho’s men ran out comfortable winners in the tie as they saw off Championship side Stoke to progress to the Carabao Cup semi-finals.

The game ended 3-1 in favor of Spurs, and it was Bale who led the floodgates open after scoring the opener in the clash. The goal means that Bale has now scored three goals since his return to Tottenham on loan from Real Madrid.
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BALE EYEING REAL MADRID SWANSONG

Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale is said to be keeping tabs on events at parent club Real Madrid and that he wants a final season with the Spanish champions. This is according to the various reports emanating from the media in Spain and the United Kingdom. Gareth Bale is a Real Madrid player but he’s on loan at Tottenham Hotspur for this season for his second spell in North London. Gareth Bale was a Spurs player until Real Madrid paid a record transfer fee of £85.3m to sign him in 2013.

His return to Spurs at the start of this season has not yielded the expected results especially for the player as he has been left out of the team on several occasions by manager Jose Mourinho. The Welshman has featured in just nine of the 22 Spurs games in all competitions and he has two goals to show for his troubles, one in the Europa League and the other one in the Premier League. Gareth has played a total of 509 minutes for Spurs under Jose Mourinho this season. He’s said to be paying close attention to the developments at Real Madrid. Continue reading

MADRID STILL COUNTS ON GARETH BALE

Spanish champions Real Madrid still counts on Tottenham Hotspur forward Gareth Bale despite the fact that the Welshman is not there for the present season. According to Spanish newspaper AS, Real Madrid are looking up to Gareth Bale to ease their financial worries ahead of next year. Bale is on a season-long loan deal at Premier League table toppers Tottenham Hotspur from Real Madrid having joined former club Spurs for his second spell at the start of the current campaign.

Real Madrid handed Bale a lucrative new contract worth €30m annually some years ago and that proved to be a stumbling block for the Los Merengues when the Welsh international wanted to leave the club this summer. The La Liga giants had to share his wages with Spurs for him to move to North London. This means that Real Madrid agreed to pay €15m of his €30m wages for this season, while Tottenham Hotspur will pay the remaining €15m. Continue reading

BALE AGENT TO DISCUSS FUTURE WITH MADRID

Gareth Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnet is due to hold talks with Real Madrid to discuss the future of his client. The club is keen to find a solution to the current situation between the player and club.

The former Tottenham Hotspur winger has been involved in a standoff with the club and manager Zinedine Zidane. The Wales international was always on the bench for the majority of Real Madrid fixtures following football’s resumption in June. He played just 100 minutes in La Liga after the restart.
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