Comments on: Gareth Bale: Spurs’ £40m ticket to the big leagues

By: gary mccafferty

gary mccafferty — Sun, 20 May 2012 19:14:40 +0000

Will he travel well. He has been a standout footballer in England/Wales invironment. The cold wet climate is in his DNA. How he does in sunny Italy or Spain is open to question. Some do alright, others don’t. I’d hate to see him leave the EPL, he’s that exciting. I don’t doubt that he would love to leave the English climate behind, who wouldn’t. But the question is, will he prosper? 40m quid are riding on that question. I say save the sunny climes for vacation or retirement, stay in England, His optimal forecast for continued success is misty and cold.

By: Dave Wood

Dave Wood — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:58:51 +0000

I fully expect Bale to go to Man. United in the close season.

United have done high-profile business with Spurs on a couple of recent occasions, and learning from Ryan Giggs could be the best thing that ever happens to Bale.

It’s probably to early for him to take on a move abroad.

By: John

John — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:24:54 +0000

Good humor, usually I don’t care for humor in soccer articles, but that was quite good.

By: AdSpur

AdSpur — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:21:05 +0000

The fact that Bale has played more minutes than most is actually a hindering factor. He’s played neary every game and every minute of the season. Each game he gets consitantly kicked and fouled as a result he’s always carrying knocks and not getting any rest compared to the likes of Nasri, silva, valencia. These other players have more time to recover from such knocks and suffer from fiteague less. Personally, I think this shows how much tougher resiliant and fitter he is compared to these other softies!

By: tony

tony — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:11:22 +0000

if its true 40mil is for his potential rather then what he can do today.english coaching is poor in comparison with many european countrys.in a year i would expect him to be a much better player under their superior coaching.a sad fact in most cases in the uk including spurs.

By: nobby nobbs

nobby nobbs — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:53:35 +0000

I think Bale would be be better suited to La Liga it is not as physical and I would expect his fear of injury to disappear. I doubt he would be allowed the ridiculous amount of freedom he is at Spurs.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:52:53 +0000

Complete and utter bollocks from the slimy Spanish media. If Spurs sent Chelsea away with a flee in their ear last year, they will tell the Spanish exactly where they can shove their Euro. 40M Euro equates to approx £33M which Daniel Levy will laugh at. Besides, the spicks are trying their tapping up tactice via their lap dog media minnows and until Daniel Levy officially says that Bale can go, any report indicating Bale is on his way to where ever should be treated with contempt.

By: Davspurs

Davspurs — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:43:52 +0000

What some tabloids and blog sites are not taking into consideration is Bales Ankle is very weak and now his back .The lad suffered some horrific tackles in his early years and missed a lot of games because of this ankle . Now when he runs at players he has a fear that he has too overcome to take them on. When he does gets away he can be outstanding with his crosses or shooting. But if he gets a bad tackle he screams in agony from the pain of his ankle and lower back problems. So buying Bale could be a big risk at 40 million he may be young but his ankle and back are a lot older.