Regardless of Gareth Bale’s public comments about seeing himself back at Real Madrid next season, the media around the Spanish club has made it repeatedly clear that Los Blancos don’t want the Welshman back.
They sent him on loan to Tottenham with the hope it would turn into a permanent exit, with either Spurs or another Premier League club picking the player up this summer. That hope seemed to be useless as Bale struggled to impose himself under Jose Mourinho, and it looked unlikely any club would consider taking the plunge.
That feels unlikely, and should Tottenham or anyone else look to sign Bale in the coming months it’s almost certain they’d be looking to do so without paying anything at all. The Spanish media have repeatedly made it clear that Bale isn’t keen to give up even a euro of the last year of contract he has at Real Madrid, so to cover that would be more expensive than even the fee mentioned.
