Manchester United’s long pursuit of Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale might hit a roadblock. The Welsh wizard has been linked with the Red Devils perhaps in every season but the English outfit haven’t managed to taste success so far.
Bale hasn’t been lucky during his time at Real Madrid as he has had his fair share of injury problems, which has been pretty persistent, harming his football career. He barely had a long stretch of a consistent run for Los Blancos, which might have caused panic among the Real Madrid hierarchy.
The Wales international, who is about to hit the 29-year mark in the next summer, missed a number of games since he brought to Spain from Tottenham Hotspur back in 2013 for a mind-boggling £85.3m.
Bale’ longest injury haul was back in the 2016/17 campaign when he missed a staggering 17 games following an ankle injury. Bale has been injured for a quite long period too of late and he might be coming back as Real Madrid prepare themselves for the Copa del Rey second leg clash against Fuenlabrada.
Zidane is likely to test his reserve bench but alongside he might be interested to see how Bale copes up in the current circumstances.
His future has been the subject of speculation but recently his agent made it pretty clear that his client is eyeing a very broad future at the Santiago Bernabeu. “He wants to play the rest of his life at Real Madrid.
“He loves Madrid, the city, life and he loves the club. Of course, it hurts him when the people don’t support him and they do with other players who aren’t so good.
“It’s crazy, this happens only in Spain and I don’t understand it, fans should understand this and know how good he is.”
Isco has been one of the shining lights for Madrid this season, which has been pretty erratic. The Spanish giants have lost ground in both the La Liga and Champions League but the story might get a twist in the tail.
Bale’s return to fitness could be a good news for Zidane who barely needs some inspiration on the pitch. Cristiano Ronaldo is no more the same player what he is used to be and maybe the time has come to give the Portuguese international some much-needed rest.
there won’t be a dearth of suitors for the winger if Los Merengues decide to offload him but it is not going to happen anytime soon as it seems.
