Gareth Bale

[hamad138 190]

Mourinho will kill bale single handly, bale never tracks back. Mou will go completly mad

[mikeholiday 209]

Mourinho will kill bale single handly, bale never tracks back. Mou will go completly mad

Seemed like he was instructed to stick to Pirlo? Hence no tracking back..?

P.S. Ive only seen the first half so far..

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Bale will never be worth 100m or even close, but he is better player than people think.

That said, he fits PL and PL only, I doubt he will ever reach his top in Real even once Ronaldo leaves.

[Parky 739]

Bale is physically strong and can defend. He used to play LB and WB. He is a Jose type player.

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

I don't like him. I don't think he is a player for teams who try to break teams down because he is technically poor and he doesn't have the footballing intelligence to play alongside the likes of Hazard and Fabregas who like to interchange quick 1-2 passes.

Sorry, but I'll pass. Bring on Griezman.

[Oscar 441]

Maybe a verrati and bale swap would make the most sense.

PSG need Bale and Carlo wants Verrati.

United also makes a ton of sense.

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

You can argue all you like about his qualities, but all those points are moot

The truth of the mather is that this transfer is never going to happen. Not when ManU is around with all their cash and desperatly trying to buy themselves to a new title. They will happily pay more than 80+million coupled with a huge wage, something we will not compete with and rightfully so

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

The English pundits are just slating him so that they can create an uproar in the Spanish media and force him to come back to the premier league.

United will probably be his next destination as I feel Di maria will be off to PSG.

[magic weeds 446]

Bale is not as terrible as people percieve him. La Liga is not his cup of tea.

Just wait for him to come out in the summer and declare "I AM JOINING THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND"

[DYC. 7,542]

Bale's not the phenomenon many would have you believe after his 12/13 season at Spurs, but he's not average. Far from it. He's a player with certain specific qualities, who can thrive in a certain set-up.

Look at Sanchez for example. Not quite good enough for Barca, struggling to shine in their system. And his quality was questioned. But reborn at Arsenal with the space in the PL, space he needs, and a greater role in terms of importance.

Even Fabregas wasn't good enough for Barca. Lacking the speed of thought, ability to turn away into space when receiving the ball, and the sense of knowing exactly where to position yourself in midfield. So he became a squad player (he still played a lot of football though, but missed out in the big games), eventually used in advanced positions, but that was never going to work.

I think Sheva. said it best one or two pages back, he'd be great domestically but wouldn't help the team in Europe. But Chels is already the best side in England. Strengthening the team overall, helping maintain the position of power in the PL, and going for a young offensive player with world-class potential would be smarter imo.

[Jase 43,479]

Strengths:

1. Has pace

2. Direct and powerful

3. A goalscorer - from free kicks, long distance or in the penalty area

4. Strong header of the ball

5. Good crosser of the ball

Weaknesses:

1. Needs space to be effective

2. Technically average on the ball (makes him a limited player when there's no space)

3. Average from creativity perspective

[Jase 43,479]

Bale sucks in almost every big game.

He won't help us in Europe, but him, Cesc, Costa and Eden will dominate this league so easily.

That depends. If we go all counter-attack in Europe, then he might be helpful.

[Laugh1ngMan 393]

Strengths:

1. Has pace

2. Direct and powerful

3. A goalscorer - from free kicks, long distance or in the penalty area

4. Strong header of the ball

Weaknesses:

1. Needs space to be effective

2. Technically average on the ball

3. Average from creativity perspective

He is basically a one trick pony imo. Speed+powerful shot.

And when defenders start to know and understand him he has very little to fall back on. Therefore he'll never be amongst the world elite imo

If you compare him to Ronaldo for example, who might seem similar at first sight, he offers so much more. His techique, passing, dribbling, off the ball running are all much better than Bale which is why he has more influence in tighter games.

The only way in which he would improve us, is in our counterattack, in which he would be superb, no doubt. And in which we have been serious lacking this season i feel

[Stats 7,142]

It is crazy to think how people write of a player because of 1 average season. Are people seriously forgetting how good he was at Tottenham? When you go to Real, you are not the big star anymore. He is one of them and he is not as big as Ronaldo. However even he has his flaws in an apparent 'average season' he still has 17 goals this season and 10 assists and will have more by the end of the season. Last season he had 22 goals and 16 assists. That is bloody impressive. Real fans can jeer him but in the long run he will be beneficial to them as Ronaldo is 30. Ronaldo will still be playing to a very good level at 34-35 I think because of how he conditions himself but I think they will regret selling Bale if they chose to. Many of Ronaldo's goals are all down to Bale as well.

Remember his last season in the prem before he left for Real he scored 26 goals and made 10 assists. If those stats don't mean anything then really....... Not only does he score goals but his pace and ability to get past his man would create loads of goals for Costa and co. Add to the fact that he is a goalscorer as well.

I don't understand why people would not want want him here. He would add much more quality to our team and dealing with Hazard and Bale would be a living nightmare. The thing is about football with a lot of fans, is that they are very unforgiving. You see a player have a dip of form and write him off without ignoring his qualities and what he has done. Bale is only 25 as well. Will improve.

[hamad138 190]

He was only that good at tottenham because here he has tons of space. He can bassically run the whole field.

Hes too technically limited, he is actually a bad footballer. In the premier league he will be good because its so fast and physical and less about technique