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Bale. Could we? Would we? Should we?

Is there any evidence of him being a prima dona?

Madrid haven’t put him in a position to use his pace for years, he’s probably still the fastest forward they have though.

Bale isn’t the same athlete that Harry had, Madrid rebuilt him in a matter of weeks.*

Whatever Zidane’s issue is it’s personal imo.

*There is one other option that springs to mind, there is a culture of preparation in Spanish sport (well, sport generally sadly) which Bale may have decided to stop taking part in, maybe when ZZ says he’s not a team player, it’s because he won’t get with “the programme”.

Not getting with the programme is exactly it. Zidane, Poch who's going to put up with that? AVB did. But real managers aren't going to have it. It sets such a bad example. Evidence? Rednap quotes when Bale was starting out as mentioned before, and this is quite entertaining, but Bale stuff is at the end:

 
I would rather retire with £150 million in the bank as opposed to £60 million, for example. Especially if I retire at 35 and have a good 50 years to live ahead of me.

Not sure there is a difference really, unless you want a new Ferrari every year. Bale's agent sees him as a cash cow and wants the cash...not much glory in playing in China but that is where he will go.
 
Not getting with the programme is exactly it. Zidane, Poch who's going to put up with that? AVB did. But real managers aren't going to have it. It sets such a bad example. Evidence? Rednap quotes when Bale was starting out as mentioned before, and this is quite entertaining, but Bale stuff is at the end:


Within 30 seconds of the start JD is claiming that Gerrard was a good footballer, evidence dismissed.

Also, you name the man who got us to a CL final and a man who won loads of them and claim they are somehow “real managers” compared to one of the all time greats. Dude, are you high?
 
Is there any evidence of him being a prima dona?

Madrid haven’t put him in a position to use his pace for years, he’s probably still the fastest forward they have though.

Bale isn’t the same athlete that Harry had, Madrid rebuilt him in a matter of weeks.*

Whatever Zidane’s issue is it’s personal imo.

*There is one other option that springs to mind, there is a culture of preparation in Spanish sport (well, sport generally sadly) which Bale may have decided to stop taking part in, maybe when ZZ says he’s not a team player, it’s because he won’t get with “the programme”.
All the things coming out from the Bale camp puts him firmly in the mega primadonna label!
 
Messi, Ronaldo, Bale.

You choose the order, it's close enough to not matter.

There's that 66.6% of sense in your posts creeping in again.

Would you base that on his CL final overhead against Karius?

Bale hasn't been any better at Madrid, that he was in that final season with us and that feels about six years ago.
 
There's that 66.6% of sense in your posts creeping in again.

Would you base that on his CL final overhead against Karius?

Bale hasn't been any better at Madrid, that he was in that final season with us and that feels about six years ago.
He was top three when he left us. If he'd improved he'd be top 1.
 
There's that 66.6% of sense in your posts creeping in again.

Would you base that on his CL final overhead against Karius?

Bale hasn't been any better at Madrid, that he was in that final season with us and that feels about six years ago.
I don’t think he’s scored more goals in a season than he do with us
 
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