I agree with you,
nayenezgani. I would also love to see Bale back but I can't see us getting him due to both financial and game-time reasons.
I would guess that the transfer fee in itself would be within our grasp but I doubt that his wage/agent fee demands would be, immediately killing any hope of getting him even if Real were to make him available.
Hypothetically, ignoring the money side of things, who makes way in our system(s) for us to get him in the 1st XI? The only options I can think of are:
- Sonny (or even Dele) getting pushed further down the pecking order - or sold?!? Bale over Son would be an upgrade IF we were able to get 30+ games a season out of him but it seems unlikely, and IMO we would be a weaker squad with Bale in the treatment room and no Son/Dele around to step in.
- One of Rose/Davies going and pushing Bale back to WB again and I'm really not sure his hammys would be up to this role - or, indeed, if Bale himself would want that - any more?
- Bale warming our bench in place of Llorente, coming on for 15 mins here and there or waiting for Kane to pick up a knock. No chance of either the player or the club going for that.
We all know that Bale is a fantastic player and when he's fit and firing he could still walk straight into pretty much any side in the world. I just think that the risk/reward would be too great for Mr. Levy (that's not a criticism, BTW) and I wouldn't be sure that Poch would want to go for it at this moment in time, either.
Like I said, I would love to see Bale back in the lilywhite but IMO it'd be more prudent to go all out for Sessegnon instead. I could definitely see DL signing off on that.