Gareth Bale refuses to leave Real Madrid – comfort, greed or lack of ambition?
![MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 05: Gareth Bale of Real Madrid CF reacts after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Real Madrid and Ajax at Bernabeu on March 5, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by MB Media/Getty Images) MADRID, SPAIN - MARCH 05: Gareth Bale of Real Madrid CF reacts after being injured during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg match between Real Madrid and Ajax at Bernabeu on March 5, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by MB Media/Getty Images)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/d7a863e38e9a6ffb303f01426ddc0f3e99f6134c622d8895f8bdfde9185f8f64.jpg)
Potential reasons for Bale’s unwillingness to move
It is beyond me how he is not moving heaven and earth to get out of this situation and to get a more respectable role at another club. Even Morata left Madrid because he wanted to be a starter.
It’s a different thing that it didn’t work out for him at Chelsea, but at least he had ambition and he believed in his abilities to be a starter. Where is Bale’s ambition? Why is he content with sitting on the bench and wasting away whatever is left of his prime years? It befuddles me, really it does.
The Gareth Bale transfer saga is a strange one.
— Sam Quek (@SamanthaQuek) June 19, 2019
Each day he stays at Real Madrid his reputation/legacy (outside of Wales) weakens. He’s never met his hype & potential, despite flashes of brilliance.
But I can’t blame him for staying & taking his monster wage in the Spanish sun
Is it because he is too comfortable at Real Madrid? After all, it is a known devil and the biggest club in the world. Going anywhere else is a step down. He has said before that he doesn’t read whatever is being said about him and blocks out the fans whistles on the field.
Has he gotten so far into his shell that he just doesn’t see that the club, the coach and the fans don’t want to see him in Madrid? If he is just surrounding himself by people like his agent, then, strangely, it is possible.
Real Madrid inform Gareth Bale he is no longer required. The player has warned the club he will only leave if they pay him his full salary of €51m! [The Times] pic.twitter.com/eMmujUFhWc
— Adriano Del Monte (@adriandelmonte) June 13, 2019
Or is it all about the money? No one is lining up to pay a decent transfer fee for an almost 30-year-old, heavily injury prone player, with sky-high wages.
Bale knows that he has a contract till 2022 with Madrid and he will have to take a big cut in wages if he goes elsewhere, assuming any club wants him. If it’s really just about the money, he may be content with sitting on the bench and playing golf, so long as he is getting his fat paycheck.