Gareth Bale

[Ulloa's Soul Patch]

Said to be signing a 6-year contract with Real Madrid

Read more: http://www1.skysports.com/football/...areth-bale-has-agreed-a-deal-with-real-madrid

You may now proceed to remove him from your fantasy football teams

 

[Rookie]

Its the usual Real Madrid tactic, any other club does it's called tapping up but they seem to get away with it.

 

[hybrid_x]

good move for him......and shows some courage too. more home grown talent should be playing over europe.

 

[GreersElbow]

Seeing as he's a left winger, and Ronaldo seems to love playing on the left. If this is true, could this mean Ronaldo's leaving? Would be interesting...

 

[Stat Brother]

good move for him......and shows some courage too. more home grown talent should be playing over europe.

Who else do you suggest should be plying their trade in Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Milan etc.

Unless by 'over Europe' you mean Glasgow, Dublin, Douglas, and Yorkshire.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

Dont believe it. Sky is quoting Spanish press which is like the Turkish press.... very biased and will print anything. Looking at thew Real adn barca papers you would have thought every player under the sun had signed for them.

 

[Arthur]

Dont believe it. Sky is quoting Spanish press which is like the Turkish press.... very biased and will print anything. Looking at thew Real adn barca papers you would have thought every player under the sun had signed for them.

Marca do have previous....

http://hala-madrid.livejournal.com/619639.html

 

[Rookie]

Dont believe it. Sky is quoting Spanish press which is like the Turkish press.... very biased and will print anything. Looking at thew Real adn barca papers you would have thought every player under the sun had signed for them.

Absolutely, Marca is the mouth piece of Real Madrid it is a story designed to put pressure on Bale and Spurs. The same happened with Ronaldo and if i remember rightly Zidane, amazes me that they are able to get away with it year after year

 

[clippedgull]

Fantastic player and role model. Shame he is Welsh

 

[Renns]

Fantastic player and role model. Shame he is Welsh

Fantastic role model? You sure about that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGlQIZMxiE

 

[Gritt23]

Its the usual Real Madrid tactic, any other club does it's called tapping up but they seem to get away with it.

All the big clubs "get away with it". Been going on for YEARS. Trawl back through the web and see how Man Utd conducted themselves signing Luis Saha.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

What these clubs dont seem to realise that splashing all over the press that someone is coming when he hasnt decided can actually put a player off. Nearly scuppered the deal for Snejder to Gala last year and was certainly responsible for Keano not going to manage IBSBspor last year... come to think of it that worked out quite well.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Fantastic role model? You sure about that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGlQIZMxiE

But he went down because he was anticipating contact

 

[fat old seagull]

But he went down because he was anticipating contact [/QUOTE

Which is exactly what I would do if I was in the ring with Vladimir klitschko.....or Sponge Bob come to that!

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Fantastic role model? You sure about that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNGlQIZMxiE

That one MAY have been a dive.

 

[Ulloa's Soul Patch]

That one MAY have been a dive.

Does no-one see that blade of grass!
It has no intention of getting the ball and makes a lunge for Bale's leg...
Let's gather up that grass and then smoke it

 

[HastingsSeagull]

He'll play right wing or left back most likely if true.

Agree more players should play abroad but would say only in the top handful of leagues. The Championship is better than 95% of the top flights. It's possibly the likes of Bennett on the bench at a bottom half team like Norwich who should be starting abroad to improve really.

Reason will never happen - money (wages and shear over pricing of British talent)