ESPN FC’s Kay Murray, Shaka Hislop, Gab Marcotti, Frank Leboeuf and Don Hutchison discuss Gareth Bales’ output between playing as a winger for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Wales national team.
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Gary Cahill comes to mind for someone who plays insanely for his country, but didn't do much at club level
Im a Madrid fan til death and most of us don’t disrespect Bale. It’s the toxic Spanish Media that does that. And all these pundits say we don’t respect Gareth. That’s not true, he’s even cheered on at the Bernabeu
You cannot disrespect him. Before him, we were knocked off in the semis and the moment we got him you know the rest. We don’t k ow the beef between coach and Bale, but let’s not pretend that he has been set up to fail alongside injuries
He is a disgusting character the worst example for the next generation when it comes down to respecting the club that pays you and the fans who always respected him up untill he himself ridiculed the club with only a purpose of degrading the club and fans (wales,golf,madrid). He can love other sports nobody cares about him playing tennis golf pingpong whatever but posting that it means more than a club who made you one of the greatest legends of an era (because lets be honest he wouldnt be playing in cl finals with tottenham probably not even win the pl) is just not done and def not when that club pays you more than half a million £ a week!!!! Bale has never had the profesional character (not talking about skills here) who deserved to be where he is (at real madrid) and defenitly not earn the money he has been earning for doing almost nothing the past few seasons. I hope the future of young talents wont be like this to go sign a millionaires contract and when when they get pist off bench themselves for many seasons that is just awfull behaviour at least leave the club if you have problems with the club
Welsh fans appreciate him. Maybe that has something to do with it
And 4:22 he scored 11 leave goals when we was mostly coming off the bench in the last 10 minutes. Edinson Cavani didn't score more than him and he had a good season
Won 3 champions league, fans proceeded to criticize him and make his life impossible. You can tell anything, but being a merengue fan is the root of evil.
If he wasn’t from whales, he would be getting severely criticized and saying how shameful and what a disgrace he is.
C’mon it’s really simple.. Bale is THE man with Wales and he feels it, so he brings it. With Real Madrid he is treated as semi-expendable and he feels that too, so it’s just not the same. It doesn’t take much at those heights of accomplishment. The infinity between 99 and 100 in anything is almost entirely made up of spiritual drive—and therein lies the difference in the two Bales, the two Messi’s (Barcelona and PSG), etc.
Gareth Wales❤
such a talent
Lesson to Madrid. Show him some love and he will come to life. It’s a shame we had empty stadiums when he was back at spurs on loan I’m sure the crowd would’ve got even more out of him
I’ll have bale back at spurs in a heartbeat … yes he didn’t set the world on fire during his loan at spurs but he was quietly scoring and assisting very well considering his lowish minutes … ok didn’t do well against against the big six (but other then the 6-1 against man United who did for spurs under Jose!) … but basically he was a super 3rd threat behind Kane and son even more then moura… as long as he was not asking the world in terms off wages compared to his stats I’ll have him at spurs a third time … he just needs love and fans behind him and then he preforms … and remember at spurs it was during covid restricted crowds so maybe had he had a full house at spurs chanting his name he might have done even better?
What strange case??? He flopped in Real Madrid and was never worth the 100 mil ..he scores 2 goals and now i guess he's a Legend.. ???? ?
Don is not right about Bale being not fit. In fact, Bale is one of the most fit players in the Real Madrid squad. Perez is just fed up with him, and so is Bale the other way around.
He might be a Madrid Legend, but he has shown again and again that he's just a souless mercenary without any respect for the club or the fans. Pretending to be injured many times, and never commited with the team. When Ronaldo left, the club gave him a new contract as the top paid player in the squad, expecting him to be the leader, but he is lazy, and not a very good person for what I've heard, as he lied over and over to every coach, and that's why they don't count on him.He had many chances, and was given the top spot, but never had even 20% of the commitment and pride for the team that Benzema has shown.. Even Mourinho could not use him at the Spurs to avoid upsetting the players that really work hard and are commited to the team. R Madrid tried to sell Gareth Bale to the Spurs for just 10 million to get rid of him, but Spurs, after being initially interested, they declined after certifying first hand that the guy is a lost cause.
Real Madrid is so dumb to have ostracized him.
The man performed where he is appreciated.
Bale will be free from Madrid in June
Liverpool must grab him on a 3-year deal.
Only thing I blame Ferguson for is letting bale go to Madrid instead of Manchester
I remember watching this guy at spurs dismantling some of Europe's best teams. He's 1 of the best players on the ball in the epl ive seen over the years
madrid had zidane has coach who didnt like bale(jealous) madrid preferred to back the has been jealous guy coach over the most spectacular goal scorer in final history.
He hasn't trained alot for years. From when he was young at spurs he did his own training program similar to Lesley king.
He does the same for Wales. Pundits do you research it's your job.