Real Madrid begin talks with Gareth Bale’s replacement
Gareth Bale may be sold soon and Real Madrid have already started to plan for life after the Wales international’s departure.
Gareth Bale and Real Madrid are looking increasingly distant by the passing of every match and training session. The Wales international was on the way out of the club during the summer with a transfer to the Chinese Super League beckoning, but the club held onto the former Tottenham Hotspur man as no reasonably priced transfer materialized for him.
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Los Merengues’ coach Zinedine Zidane has clearly fallen out with the Welshman, but Zidane has insisted lately that he counts on Bale. However, not much is there between the boss and the player, who is showing an immense amount of disinterest and irresponsibility with the club. January may see Bale depart for newer challenges.
Since last month’s international break when he picked up an injury with Wales, Bale has requested confidentiality with his medical report and trained aside from the squad. However, Ryan Giggs did call upon Gareth Bale for the upcoming Wales fixtures despite the forward apparently carrying an injury.
Diario GOL has now claimed that Sadio Mane has been identified by Los Blancos as Bale’s replacement. The Liverpool winger has been on target 10 times and assisted five goals for Jurgen Klopp’s side in 16 appearances across all competitions this season. Mane would be an incredible signing for the 13-time European champions.
The Senegal international is indispensable in Klopp’s roster, but Florentino Perez has reportedly decided to make his opening attempt into signing Mane by offering 110 million pounds to the Premier League giants. What happens about the transfer hereon will be interesting to see, but Liverpool will be notorious businessmen.
Meanwhile, Zinedine Zidane is banking on young sensation Rodrygo Goes to fill-in for Gareth Bale and the lad is certainly doing an incredible job. In his last three appearances, Rodrygo has scored four times, including a hat-trick against Galatasaray at the age of 18, in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday evening.
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