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Gareth Bale
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BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Re: Gareth Bale
Cool...hopefully the removal was the initial 'holy brick he's on the front of all our ads and he won't even be playing in the Premier League in a couple of weeks' and the reinstatement was Levy getting on the phone and saying 'Don't worry, he's not going, in fact we are letting the speculation continue because it's part of our master plan to increase the Tottenham brand profile on a global level. You can put him back.' And so they did.
Cool...hopefully the removal was the initial 'holy brick he's on the front of all our ads and he won't even be playing in the Premier League in a couple of weeks' and the reinstatement was Levy getting on the phone and saying 'Don't worry, he's not going, in fact we are letting the speculation continue because it's part of our master plan to increase the Tottenham brand profile on a global level. You can put him back.' And so they did.
NaijaSpurs
Les Ferdinand
Re: Gareth Bale
At least he can sprint now
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/332173/Spurs-chairman-Daniel-Levy-allegedly-fuming-as-Gareth-Bale-trains-with-Wales
At least he can sprint now
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/332173/Spurs-chairman-Daniel-Levy-allegedly-fuming-as-Gareth-Bale-trains-with-Wales
superspurs
Justin Edinburgh
Re: Gareth Bale
Marca & AS stalk Gareth Bale at Wales training, Spurs forward refuses to speak
Even when Gareth Bale doesn’t say anything, it is major news in Spain and the Tottenham striker features front and centre once again on the two biggest Madrid-based websites, Marca and AS.
They sent journalists to the Wales camp yesterday and both Juan I. Garcia-Ochoa and Marco Ruiz attempted to speak to the Spurs striker as he arrived for light training before being ruled out of the Republic of Ireland friendly.
To Marca, Bale said: “I’m sorry, I can’t speak” but Garcia-Ochoa writes that the Spurs forward has been tempted to call out Daniel Levy on his supposed promise that he could leave if Tottenham failed to secure Champions League football.
Marca add that Bale is willing to remain silent as he waits for his dream move to Real Madrid.
AS do splash Bale on their front page (see below) but also failed to get anything out of the Wales star.
To Marco Ruiz, Bale said: “Now is not the time to talk.” And AS suggest he won’t speak until a deal is agreed between Real Madrid and Tottenham.
Ruiz adds that Bale was in good spirits – contrary to the spin we have been hearing from Spain of late – and they admit that his foot injury is in fact genuine.
A picture of Marca’s Juan I. Garcia-Ochoa stalking Gareth Bale is above. Below is today’s AS front cover.
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Marca & AS stalk Gareth Bale at Wales training, Spurs forward refuses to speak
Even when Gareth Bale doesn’t say anything, it is major news in Spain and the Tottenham striker features front and centre once again on the two biggest Madrid-based websites, Marca and AS.
They sent journalists to the Wales camp yesterday and both Juan I. Garcia-Ochoa and Marco Ruiz attempted to speak to the Spurs striker as he arrived for light training before being ruled out of the Republic of Ireland friendly.
To Marca, Bale said: “I’m sorry, I can’t speak” but Garcia-Ochoa writes that the Spurs forward has been tempted to call out Daniel Levy on his supposed promise that he could leave if Tottenham failed to secure Champions League football.
Marca add that Bale is willing to remain silent as he waits for his dream move to Real Madrid.
AS do splash Bale on their front page (see below) but also failed to get anything out of the Wales star.
To Marco Ruiz, Bale said: “Now is not the time to talk.” And AS suggest he won’t speak until a deal is agreed between Real Madrid and Tottenham.
Ruiz adds that Bale was in good spirits – contrary to the spin we have been hearing from Spain of late – and they admit that his foot injury is in fact genuine.
A picture of Marca’s Juan I. Garcia-Ochoa stalking Gareth Bale is above. Below is today’s AS front cover.
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BrainOfLevy
Michael Carrick
Re: Gareth Bale
Now is not the time to talk...kind of suggests he's waiting to unleash some sort of verbal diatribe at the club!
I'm sorry I can't speak though just suggests he's happy not to speak and isn't really fussed either way.
To be honest I think he's staying silent and it's actually what Spurs would want him to do too. If a fee can be agreed, to the extent that Spurs are happy with it, he doesn't want to jepordise the move for him and Spurs by saying anything. Similarly if it didn't happen, he doesn't want to burn bridges. Clever guy, and I think there's a much bigger chance of him staying than media have given credit for.
Now is not the time to talk...kind of suggests he's waiting to unleash some sort of verbal diatribe at the club!
I'm sorry I can't speak though just suggests he's happy not to speak and isn't really fussed either way.
To be honest I think he's staying silent and it's actually what Spurs would want him to do too. If a fee can be agreed, to the extent that Spurs are happy with it, he doesn't want to jepordise the move for him and Spurs by saying anything. Similarly if it didn't happen, he doesn't want to burn bridges. Clever guy, and I think there's a much bigger chance of him staying than media have given credit for.
Craig_J
Mido
Re: Gareth Bale
If Bale actually said as quoted "No es el momento de hablar" then we should be very worried. If he said "Now isn't the time to talk" then I'm sure were fine!
Marca & AS stalk Gareth Bale at Wales training, Spurs forward refuses to speak
Even when Gareth Bale doesn’t say anything, it is major news in Spain and the Tottenham striker features front and centre once again on the two biggest Madrid-based websites, Marca and AS.
They sent journalists to the Wales camp yesterday and both Juan I. Garcia-Ochoa and Marco Ruiz attempted to speak to the Spurs striker as he arrived for light training before being ruled out of the Republic of Ireland friendly.
To Marca, Bale said: “I’m sorry, I can’t speak” but Garcia-Ochoa writes that the Spurs forward has been tempted to call out Daniel Levy on his supposed promise that he could leave if Tottenham failed to secure Champions League football.
Marca add that Bale is willing to remain silent as he waits for his dream move to Real Madrid.
AS do splash Bale on their front page (see below) but also failed to get anything out of the Wales star.
To Marco Ruiz, Bale said: “Now is not the time to talk.” And AS suggest he won’t speak until a deal is agreed between Real Madrid and Tottenham.
Ruiz adds that Bale was in good spirits – contrary to the spin we have been hearing from Spain of late – and they admit that his foot injury is in fact genuine.
A picture of Marca’s Juan I. Garcia-Ochoa stalking Gareth Bale is above. Below is today’s AS front cover.
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If Bale actually said as quoted "No es el momento de hablar" then we should be very worried. If he said "Now isn't the time to talk" then I'm sure were fine!
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
Re: Gareth Bale
My guess would be there are legal reasons as to why Bale is keeping his mouth shut.
My guess would be there are legal reasons as to why Bale is keeping his mouth shut.
Re: Gareth Bale
That would make some sense, though comments coming out of Real recently (ie from Perez and Ancelotti) suggesting less interest in him imply that they've moved on from Bale, which makes it less likely that there's any formal legal agreements in place
That would make some sense, though comments coming out of Real recently (ie from Perez and Ancelotti) suggesting less interest in him imply that they've moved on from Bale, which makes it less likely that there's any formal legal agreements in place
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
Re: Gareth Bale
Balague's "analysis" of the Bale saga on bleacherreport.com. Says nothing new, really:
Bale, Levy, Real Madrid, AVB: One of Them Is the Odd One Out, Have a Guess
I have tried to spend the last two months away from the Twitter world, avoid sports newspapers and football debates, run away from those on the beach who wanted to talk about football.
All I wanted to do was to focus on having a half day of good time (and the scenery of the Costa Brava—for me, the best coast in the world—allowed that) and another half day of productive writing (I have five weeks to finish my new book, a study of Leo Messi that is taking me to many unexpected roads—the trials emigrants face, the sacrifices needed to become an elite player, the difficulties of the first years, how he almost signed for an English Premier league team).
But even if I had decided to set up my summer tent in Mars, it would be impossible to evade the looooong saga of Gareth Bale and Real Madrid.
Having made some calls to find out about the situation, Bale and Madrid (and Daniel Levy and AVB and Spurs) find themselves in a crucial situation. As detailed by The Mirror's Darren Lewis, Real have already made an offer of €100 million (even though chairman Florentino Pérez suggested it was a figure too high for Bale), which has been rejected. Spurs wanted Jese Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata to be part of the deal (and if players were going to be included, it needed to be based on the contingency that they do not count for more than 10 percent of the whole agreement), but neither of them want to go to the London club.
That itself is interesting. The impression we have after the preseason under Carlo Ancelotti is that one but not both would feature regularly—even though it would be from the bench—for Real Madrid this season. But I guess each player thinks he will be the chosen one.
So it is all about money now, unless Madrid convince Levy and AVB to include a player that is surplus to the requirements at the Bernabeu (like Fabio Coentrao). And The Mirror claims Levy wants around €120 million.
And this is where it gets really intriguing. Levy, whom I admire for the stand he takes for his club and his professionalism, would take the negotiations to the last day of August even though he knows quite clearly that Bale wants to join the Madrid club.
But...AVB, Madrid, Bale and his representatives (i.e., everybody else) would like everything to be sorted much earlier. Real Madrid suspects that the seven points lost at the beginning of the season by Spurs as the Luka Modric situation was sorted out work in their favour—the ongoing negotiations with Bale could have a negative effect on the side.
Levy thinks differently. He is buying the players AVB has been asking for and some more will arrive in the next few days if everything goes according to plan. The team is ready for the Premier League. And he doesn’t need to sell.
So...what are the odds on Bale leaving on the last day or two of the transfer market?
Balague's "analysis" of the Bale saga on bleacherreport.com. Says nothing new, really:
Bale, Levy, Real Madrid, AVB: One of Them Is the Odd One Out, Have a Guess
I have tried to spend the last two months away from the Twitter world, avoid sports newspapers and football debates, run away from those on the beach who wanted to talk about football.
All I wanted to do was to focus on having a half day of good time (and the scenery of the Costa Brava—for me, the best coast in the world—allowed that) and another half day of productive writing (I have five weeks to finish my new book, a study of Leo Messi that is taking me to many unexpected roads—the trials emigrants face, the sacrifices needed to become an elite player, the difficulties of the first years, how he almost signed for an English Premier league team).
But even if I had decided to set up my summer tent in Mars, it would be impossible to evade the looooong saga of Gareth Bale and Real Madrid.
Having made some calls to find out about the situation, Bale and Madrid (and Daniel Levy and AVB and Spurs) find themselves in a crucial situation. As detailed by The Mirror's Darren Lewis, Real have already made an offer of €100 million (even though chairman Florentino Pérez suggested it was a figure too high for Bale), which has been rejected. Spurs wanted Jese Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata to be part of the deal (and if players were going to be included, it needed to be based on the contingency that they do not count for more than 10 percent of the whole agreement), but neither of them want to go to the London club.
That itself is interesting. The impression we have after the preseason under Carlo Ancelotti is that one but not both would feature regularly—even though it would be from the bench—for Real Madrid this season. But I guess each player thinks he will be the chosen one.
So it is all about money now, unless Madrid convince Levy and AVB to include a player that is surplus to the requirements at the Bernabeu (like Fabio Coentrao). And The Mirror claims Levy wants around €120 million.
And this is where it gets really intriguing. Levy, whom I admire for the stand he takes for his club and his professionalism, would take the negotiations to the last day of August even though he knows quite clearly that Bale wants to join the Madrid club.
But...AVB, Madrid, Bale and his representatives (i.e., everybody else) would like everything to be sorted much earlier. Real Madrid suspects that the seven points lost at the beginning of the season by Spurs as the Luka Modric situation was sorted out work in their favour—the ongoing negotiations with Bale could have a negative effect on the side.
Levy thinks differently. He is buying the players AVB has been asking for and some more will arrive in the next few days if everything goes according to plan. The team is ready for the Premier League. And he doesn’t need to sell.
So...what are the odds on Bale leaving on the last day or two of the transfer market?
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JubbaChainsaw
Darren Caskey
Re: Gareth Bale
New BT Sports billboard outside my work with Bale in it, in his new kit which obviously is from a new photoshoot. Surely this must of been taken since the Real Madrid speculation
New BT Sports billboard outside my work with Bale in it, in his new kit which obviously is from a new photoshoot. Surely this must of been taken since the Real Madrid speculation