[골닷컴] Reporter Man-Sung Han = Gareth Bale (31), who was on loan to Tottenham this season, showed a positive reaction to staying for a long time with his parent team, who returned after seven years.
Tottenham is the team that Bale played from 2007 to 2013 and made a big success. Bale was selected as the PFA Player of the Year for the 2012/13 season when he played for Tottenham, and then transferred to Real Madrid for a world record of 110 million euros at the time. Since then, he has emerged as a world-class star, having only won the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League four times at Real, but has suffered frequent injuries in recent years and has not been able to do its part.
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Bale, who returned to Tottenham on loan this season, was still frequently injured and only played in 20 games, including the Cup. However, his performance this season is high with 8 goals and 3 assists.
According to the English daily newspaper’Daily Mail’ on the 3rd (Korean time), Bale, whose lease contract with Tottenham will end in June, expressed interest in remaining. First of all, he plans to make the final decision after the season ends in June. However, if Tottenham wants to fully sign Bale, his weekly pay will be an obstacle. Bale’s current weekly wage is a whopping £600,000 (based on the current exchange rate, about 940 million won). That’s not what Tottenham can afford.
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In fact, Bale’s weekly wage for this season is paid in half and half by Tottenham, who signed him on loan, and Real, the original team. In reality, it’s unlikely that Real will extend Tottenham’s and Bale’s lease for one year. This is because the contract between Real and Bale will end next summer. Because of this, Real must find a team that can sign a full Bale this season, or at least pay close to 100% of his weekly wages and sign on loan.
However, the English daily newspaper’Mirror’ predicted that it would be difficult to find a club to sign him at the cost of Bale’s transfer fee and weekly wage in the frozen football market in the aftermath of Corona 19. In addition,’Mirror’ added that Bale plans not to give up his current weekly wage of 600,000 pounds until next summer, when the contract term ends.