On ESPN FC, Steve Nicol, Frank Leboeuf and Alex Kirkland discuss Gareth Baleās comments about wanting to ājust play my football and then disappearā during his time at Real Madrid.
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Madrid fans didnāt boo Bale when he was producing. Whatās Nicol getting so huffy about? Is only later when Bale was phoning it in while golfing
His career was perfect for him, won big trophies and played a massive part, as he aged was injury prone and didnāt really care so signed a massive contract and got paid to stay fit for wales.
Perfect career
Fans didn't boo him when he was producing and had a professional behaviour. It was later when he looked like he just didn't want to give it all, when fans started booing him. And Bale's response to that was unprofessional behaviour like the infamous flag or sleeping on the bench.
it wasn't about the press it was what he did and said . He was Refusing to play and he totally lost all love for the game which showed on the field. In 2018 where he came on in the final it was Zidane that kept him fit throughout the season by resting him a lot where the previous seasons Zidane would start him as soon as he was fit again only to injure himself again and again. And having been fit the entire 2017/2018 season he was able to start most la liga matches where he shined. Just to turn and say after the UCL final that he didn't like Zidane resting him….
So many goals and assists and crucial goals in important matches but still real Madrid hated him which was very very hard to digest and whoever maybe the person and even great personalities can't handle. The fans thought it was his huge salary also one reason. Even whole world knew he was very much hated by Madrid fans. Very sorry for him.
He was never booed when he performed well. I remember all those days. Also it's a duties player to be part of the team and fan base. The fans are the ones paying him all those millions of dollars. It's a form of entertainment. You can't tell a signer just to make albums but never do a concert. It's the same concept.
Bale was a joke when he decided that he was more important than the club
Bale was booed later on when he started getting injured how can espn be talking rubbish they donāt know
I remember the excuse was that he didn't know Spanish. Then, he rocked up in LA and spoke fluent Spanish.
Gareth Bale will go down as one of Real Madridās most underrated players of all time. I feel like he was an important part of their UCL success and he had some big moments for them and for the most part of his time at Real Madrid he was terrific for them. What he achieved there people are gonna focus about the end of his time there rather than what he achieved there because for someone of his talent he spent too much time on the bench he hardly got on the field and when youāre on 600k a week youād be happy and the amount of trophies you won at the club towards the end he just let his career rest. Injuries never helped Gareth Bale as that was a big factor in his game time reducing it was a problem at first but once he was fit he was firing on all cylinders but then as soon as Zidane took over and his proneness to injury continued, he lost his starting place and then couldnāt regain his place and his form. Heās had his moments but Gareth Bale will continue to divide opinion on his Real Madrid because despite the trophies heās won and the moments of individual brilliance he had the end of his time there will be focused more than what he contributed in the beginning.
He did it to himself. When he produced no one booed him. Until 2018 after he gave his interview in the Final of the champions league. Then his attitude changed, Wales was his priority.
Bale struck me as very selfish. He did just enough and never seemed to go above and beyond to try to endear himself to the fans etc.
For Bale it was definitely a job, all about the money and he had no love for the game and the fans.
Even though they help pay him his outrageous salary.
He was never booed till the end, remember he had huge fall out with Zidane.
And even when he left Real Madrid fans gave him an applause.
Wrong information. Bale was never booed when he was 24 and produced incredible goals in cup finals.
All these happened after 2018.
We did not boo him when he was performing.. STOP THE CAP
I fear Jesus
Dude always produced in the biggest moments scored amazing goals. Injuries killed him last few yrs then he just lost the love for the game.
Real fans don't care for players
Regurgitating the same nonsense from 2 days ago. ESPN is a joke channel. Nobody whistled or booed Bale in his first year. It wasn't until way later – after he lost the league in 2015 he was criticised in the press for being greedy, then he went injured the next year and started disappearing in games when he did play. That's when the public opinion began to go against him until Solari finally benched him while fully fit and he later stood and laughed behind the flag.
Can these people not find something else to talk about? Kay Murray, like Dan Thomas, seems to forget who gave her the opportunity in TV – Real Madrid – yet is now sitting here slagging off the fans. Would either of them have been offered their ESPN jobs without Real Madrid? I bet they were treated like royalty by the club. What a joke team of liars.
He was not booed the first years.
It wasnāt the media that ruined his experience. Zidane had a hand in his downward production. A guy that helps win a champions league final with a spectacular goal and zidane was still determined to see him go.
Without those stories you wouldn't have a job mr LEBOEUFš
He definitely wasn't booed at the early stages. It only started after the flag inchident.
That last season at tottenham was unbelievable, scoring from everywhere
If I put myself in his shoes I would have been a recluse too. Also bale delivered trophies. He is a legend in our book.
Was Stevie even paying attention? Alex said quite clearly that the whistling only started later in his time at Madrid, not while he was playing at his peak.