‘Would surely consider’ – Alasdair Gold reacts to rumours of Bale returning to Spurs
Alasdair Gold has said that while bringing Gareth Bale back to Tottenham Hotspur for a third spell might be appealing for the club from a commercial perspective, the Welshman might not be a good fit for Antonio Conte’s setup.
Carlo Ancelotti has not had Gareth Bale available for the majority of the games this season owing to the Welshman’s injury problems.
The Real Madrid boss confirmed this week that the 32-year-old will be leaving the Santiago Bernabeu when his contract runs out at the end of the season (Fabrizio Romano).
El Nacional have claimed that Tottenham had already struck an agreement to bring Bale back to the club for a third spell when his contract runs out in the summer.
The report stated hat Conte has given the green light for the winger’s return and that the only reason that the pacy wide man did not re-join Spurs in January was due to the player’s desire to get the full salary he is owed in his current contract.
However, Gold insisted that he can see Conte having similar problems with Bale as Jose Mourinho did last season.
When asked about the rumours linking the Tottenham legend with a return to the club on a Q&A on Football.London, the journalist responded: “There are different ways to look at this. Various people within Spurs have shut down those Bale stories from Spain pretty quickly, saying there’s absolutely no truth in it.
“The flip side is if I’m thinking from a cynical marketing perspective, Tottenham would surely consider bringing him back for one last hurrah of a season in front of a Tottenham Hotspur Stadium packed with crowds.
“However, from a football perspective, it makes little sense as trying to shoehorn the Welshman, who will be 33 then, into Conte’s demanding, high energy system.
“I just wonder whether it would be similar to the Mourinho and Bale experiment and the winger’s even higher wages than last season as a free agent would be problematic if he’s not a regular starter either through Conte’s wishes or injuries.
“Bale would certainly bring the experience and winning mentality Conte needs in this Spurs team but I’m not sure how well he would suit a system with wing-backs. He would have to play further inside and there would be a pressure on him to get back and defend, which was a difficulty under Mourinho.”
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All the reports that I have seen about Bale potentially returning to Spurs have come from sources in Spain. None of the journalists with close connections at Tottenham seem to think that there is concrete interest. So, Spurs fans should not get excited about the possibility of Bale re-signing just yet.
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