Hello mate,
I was (not by you I might point out) dismissed when I suggested that things had taken a sharp sharp turn on the Hong Kong tour at the very beginning.That was when Madrid not just moved the goalposts, they moved them to another stadium in another country. Before then, things had been agreed. One more year. Besides, Madrid couldn't afford him back then. Thus began the dirty tactics.
If people want to take a step back, they'll see that Bale has actually been pretty consistent since that time. He's not participated, he's made sure that AVB deemed him to be an interference and thus was happy enough for him to work in isolation, his 'injury' has been consistent since Hong Kong...Madrid turned up the heat and threw the filth down Barnett's ear, Barnett panicked that it was now or never and here we are. Days before the window, Madrid still unable to come up with financial package Levy wanted, so Barnett instructs his client to go defcon. Stupid advice. I'm really surprised as it officially ****-stains Bale's rep and makes any platitudes he might regurgitate (if this deal gets dotted and done as it appears it will) seem shallow. But the stench of all that money is too great right now, it's a golden carrot which someone has threatened to take away, and so Barnett and Bale have bent over 100% for their projected future paymasters (who have been trying to get them to give the full-flex bend over and take it up the **** posture since Hong Kong). Nothing much has changed. It's just the disrespect and head-spun, isolated young man have both been shown wearing their true colours.
It remains my absolute, 100% firm belief that IF this fell through, a small piece of Gareth Bale, the only piece left, might be relieved. Relieved to spend one more year near home, with his family and friends close by, with his team-mates and with a manager I believe he really likes. But too much of him has been darkened to see beyond the glitter and glamour paraded in front of him by those arrogant *****s, and by the pimp who handles him. Ergo, I think he's not quite as mature as it might appear And it also remains my belief that his pimp only has money in his eyes, because any decent agent would tell Gareth Bale that one more season making sure, one more season establishing and one more season until Ronaldo possibly leaves Madrid would be to his client's absolute best interests. As it stands, Gareth Bale is about to get the most thorough of examinations on and off the pitch. And in my opinion, the lad who sprinted joyfully to his manager at West Ham, a look of sheer gleeful almost child-like delight in his eyes, is not quite ready for that filthy treacherous bear-pit.Let me be clear, I agree with everyone, not turning up for training is ****ed, but frankly, that whole camp has been twisted out since Hong Kong IMO, so this final huff and stuff hurts less than the men who reneged on their word.
Anyway...