Brian GLANVILLE
Aug 09, 2019
4 minutes
Zidane’s treatment of Gareth Bale is a mystery
It has been reported that Real Madrid blocked a move to China for Welsh international attacker Gareth Bale.
Jiangsu Suning are hardly a big name, but with an offer of over a million pounds a week you can hardly blame Bale for being interested. Still only 30 years old, he should have a good many effective seasons in front of him, yet it is understandable that he was ready, on such magnanimous terms, to plunge into what might be called “gilded obscurity”.
To give Bale his due, he had been quite ready to stay at Real Madrid, and it remains somewhat strange
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