Simon Jordan REACTS to Wales winger Gareth Bale RETIRING aged 33 🔥
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- Former Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur winger Gareth Bale has retired aged 33. talkSPORT's Jim White and Simon Jordan REACT!
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I'll remember him for those incredible runs he made for Spurs. What an athlete.
Wonder if Maicon has come out of retirement yet
I'll give you that, great athlete and fine golfer. Pure enigma as a footballer though.
“He was rubbish when he got back here”
11 goals in 20 premier league games is rubbish, Simon?
He was
@@paulorganisation1 highest goal to game ratio that season. Assume the whole prem is rubbish if Gareth was
He was so good that he was benched for nost of it lol
@@dalymufc He was benched at the start of the season because he hadn't been playing much last season. By mid season, he became a regular starter and played till the end of the season.
Football isn’t played by stats
Great player. Unplayable in his prime. Gave prime Barca nightmares. Big match player. Copa Del Rey final. Multiple CL finals. CL knockout games.
A physical specimen unlike anything I've seen (Haaland, Ronaldo Fenomeno and Adriano come to mind....that's it). Zidane said that he was the best player cuz of crazy combination of both physical and technical ability (this was before they fell out).
But still.....he could've been so much better. That says a lot about how damn good he was.
Just a shame he didin't do it game after game, season after season. Still picked up his huge pay cheques though.
Audio shocking. Again…
sound engineer needs sacking
Man I still remember when he moved to Madrid in 2013 😂 seems it’s yesterday that whole saga started and now he’s retired with 5 champions leagues he’s had an incredible career
Fix your audio levels, it's been a problem in a few videos now. Far too low.
Gareth Bale is a great player, very underrated.
Great in his prime, had great moments...prime wasn't long enough....won lots of honours with one the worlds greatest clubs...fairplay to him
Sort the volume on the videos
He was an incredible player. The last few years his body fell to pieces but in his prime he was unplayable.
At his prime was next to only Messi and Ronaldo
@@Alloyd876 why lie
@@MrBark1969 It's his opinion, look up the meaning of opinion.
@@staytrue5307 yeah but its wrong. nowhere near
@@Alloyd876 In his prime he was 1 level below Ronaldo and 2 levels below Messi, he was never on their level.
..sound is brutal
Bale wasn't rubbish in his 2nd spell for Spurs, he was world class. He scored 16 goals in 34 apps in all competitions. And most of them came during the end of the season because he was benched initially due to not having played much last season.
If you go back and watch him, you'll see he scored all kinds of goals that season. Left foot goals, right foot goals, long shots, cut inside goals, headers, tap ins, volleys, and solo goals.
I feel like if he wasn't injured so much in madrid this wouldn't be such a big discussion. He was a great player but maybe didn't fulfil his individual potential, yet still achieved many things.
Good take
He definitely did. Hi see ultimate goal was to play for real Madrid. He had eclipsed that and earned now than he ever imagined. Job done. Live life.
@@TreeBarkBird Not interested in talking about a players wages just their career on the pitch. It was a shame he got injured a lot and wasn't able to have the consistent level of on the field output as he could have done otherwise. Despite this had an amazing career but those 30 league goals a season which he should/might of had didn't happen, and we don't know for sure if that would of happened also because even in his seasons with most apps he didn't record that. A good way of looking at this is that in his last season in the prem he got 21 league goals, and then he never got 20 league goals again despite being in his prime then. But then there's those moments of total individual brilliance in big moments and trophies which he played a big part of.
@@neonrain9563 not interested in him on the pitch. That's done. He found a career, done what we all start careers to do which is do what we love while earning the funds to provide. He has eclipsed that. Job done.
That's about right. His wages massively outstripped his contribution.
He just needs to show his critics his 5 Champions League medals.
As a Man Utd fan I really wish I'd seen him in a red shirt, in his prime ..... but you just can't argue with 5 Champions Leagues.
Cristianos a great teammate
5 champs league and Simon says didn’t do enough….
5 champs leagues in more than Man Utd, Man City, spurs and arsenal have combined.
And that’s why Real Madrid is the biggest club in the world. That doesn’t mean however that you can compare players based on how many champions leagues they won. Nacho Fernandez won more Champions Leagues than Ferdinand and Terry. Doesn’t mean he was a better player. Bale has more champions leagues than Messi but it doesn’t make him a better player does it?
Funny how Souness says that 5 champions leagues for Casemiro doesn't mean that much. 😂🤣
Charlie, bale was a king in finals and contributing massively to winning. Nacho Fernandez wasn’t!! Haha
Bit different 🤦♂️🤦♂️
And winning is a good point to arguing who’s the best. It’s not everything but it is important
He contributed to two of the five. Let's keep things in perspective here. He did nothing during the other three wins
He is up there with the best , I can’t knock him , fantastic athlete and football player with nothing to prove to anyone , have a great semi retirement Mr Bale
We should be talking about Gareth in the same field as Messi and Ronaldo but unfortunately for him and Wales he lacks personality!He should put Wales in the map just like Ronaldo did but till this day no one know about Wales 👀👀👀
@@celsocosta880 hahaha can’t compare wales to Portugal and Argentina ffs wales is a footballing minnow 😂
@@celsocosta880 Sadly, I'm Welsh and everyone that I talk to that asks where I'm from doesn't know Wales and just says I'm from the UK.
@@theblues8840 It's all about atitude!Look at Zlatan putting Sweden in the map 😂Look with help of Mourinho and Ronaldo Portugal is better know around the world, they are our embassadors, it's up to the citizens to put they country the eyes of the world.The Welsh people unlike the Scottish people are quiet happy to the English people to order them around just like Welsh sheep 👀👀
@@Blessed.VR.here_ you are from the uk
I will remember Bale for his time at Tottenham scaring defenders senseless with his speed and his spectacular goal in the final, I will say this 20 years from now you could have a prime Bale walk back on the pitch and I guarantee the opposite team and it's supporters suddenly get very nervous, sign of a great player if you ask me !
As a Welshman Bale has giving us some great memories but it was the right time before he tarnished the legacy. Doesn’t love it anymore and not a sport you can do half hearted. Good luck to him
His legacy will be far greater than Harry Kane’s
Harry Kane will barely have any legacy. In 15 years he will rarely be mentioned. Someone will break his England goal scoring record and that will be that.
@@HALFSQUASHED sadly I think Kane will continue to be mentioned for decades as the media have bought into this batshit idea that he's world class. Even though he's a lumbering oaf who bottles every big game and he'll finish his career without a single trophy
Bale was a great talent but he probably lost his way in the last few years due to injuries which is a shame. Was a fantastic player for Spurs and hell always be remembered for that hat trick against Inter and some truly amazing goals
The Welshman won five Champions League titles and LaLiga three times at Real Madrid - That's a fantastic achievement - He's got more than 100 million in the bank - He's done very well for himself.
LOL a "disappointment" ???
Gareth Bale is a Legend.
Los Angeles FC salutes "Mr 128th-Minute".
To the audio guy @Talk Sport, increase the limiter or output gain or even compensate some for the added compression...
Ps their breathes could do with a quicker release to close down quicker than hear the breath at the same volume as some words...
Greatest British footballing export of all time, one of the most entertaining players to watch on his day, legend of the game ❤️
Lol
Better than Best and Gazza? Oh yes, I forgot footie started in 2013. Embarrassing comment
A good player but not even close to being the greatest.
@@philiph99 Depends what you define as 'better'
@@jaydentate6080 what's so funny?
I still can’t believe he’s only 33
R9 was finished much earlier than that
He retired about five years ago.
Reminds me of David Haye, speed and reflexes were both their best attributes and once they go, you tend to decline rapidly
@ Spurs for 4 years he was the best player in the world in an average Spurs team. That was his peak. He was unplayable unstoppable just a true baller who skinned Rio Ferdinand in his prime left defenders chasing shadows and put goalkeepers in the back of the net with his missile shots. What a player.
He was never ever the best player in the world. He was never top 5 never mind best. He was a very good player - maybe the best player the UK has ever produced but to say he was best in the world at any stage is fantasy.
Simon states he doesn’t know Bale personally to form an opinion based on fact about his character, but can categorically say that Bale didn’t wring every last drop out of himself…make it make sense
My memories of Bale are he had some outstanding moments, and lots of players have. I think with Bale he's treated differently as he was expected to go on and surpass Ronaldo. There was an expectation he would dominate and week in week out be the game changer and it never happened for him. He never rose to the next level and those glimpses of something magical, were just that... glimpses.
Who knows if he could have ever been more than he was, he's retired now, I hope he enjoys it.
In my opinion his four years @ Spurs he was the best player in the world. That was his peak unstoppable unplayable. He won two CL finals through his own individual brilliance so it's absurd to say he didn't reach the next level.
What is wrong with this & other recent Talksport videos? The audio volume is so low!
a great player who seemed to lose his drive far too early and just drifted through the last years of his career
Revisionist Simon!
In his second stint at Spurs he was our best player in the second half of that season. He finished with 11 prem goals in 20 appearences!
He was just injury prone and was honest about his passions outside of football. That's why people don't like him.
As a player, he has to be the best British player ever. No one has come close to what he has done. Every time there was a big game. He stepped up. Every single time.
I'm not going to go into history but you really believe he was better than Wayne Rooney?
@@achumangelanga6299 Please do go into history. I don't think Rooney would even make my top ten. Certainly not top 5.
Yeah I thought he did well in that loan. There were some great goals.
@@gl2860 of British footballers?😭
He reached massive highs and burnt out early. He seemed more and more interested in life outside football as his time at Real Madrid went on. There were plenty of times he made the difference in games and he retired Maicon who was lorded as the best RB in the world. Being 33 and finished is still a shame but his body hasnt been right for a while.
Players lose pace at around 32, so quick attacking players always drop off around that age. Some go into a decline, some retire early and some manage to adjust their game to keep going at the highest level. Ronaldo became more of an out and out centre forward, Giggs became a central midfielder and Messi was able to adapt and let the play go through him more. Bale has still had a great career.
@@clivet3252 Not with current tech. Walker still as quick as ever. Vardy at 36 is still rapid. 20 years ago I'd agree but these days a lot of them keep their pace. Reason bale didn't is due to his reoccurring injuries
@@Gagefelstead I guess injuries do play a part and some players are luckier with injuries than others, but there's a difference between pace with the ball and pace without it. And they may still be quick but not as quick as they were and they may use their experience to mask a drop off of pace. I think there's definitely a decline after 32. It may not be as much as it was with players being fitter these days, and some may feel it more than others.
Burning out early as in around 29/30 years old? I wouldn’t say that’s burning out early, Michael Owen being finished at 24/25 is burning out early.
@@alextutton3887 Yet another one with loads of injuries though. Age is not the issue when you're around 32/33 these days, like it were before. It's the injuries. Remain relatively injury-free and you'll sustain majority of your pace
"Investigated by trading standards" 😂😂😂😂
WHITE SHOULD HAVE SAID TO JORDAN MAYBE TRADING STANDARDS SHOULD HAVE INVESTIGATED HOW YOU LOST £50 MILLION AND A FOOTBALL CLUB 🤔 THAT WOULD HAVE SHUT THE JEALOUS LOSER UP 🤣
@@jamesm8849 jealous loser? What on earth are you about?
Bale has proved enough! What a great career! 🔥🙌
Playing golf?
5 Champions Leagues and taking Wales to 2 Euros reaching the semis in one of them and 1 world cup. Gareth Bale is Wales' greatest ever footballer.
Did Simon forget Bale champions league final bicycle kick and long range shot that won Madrid the final against Liverpool
So I take it he single handedly scored all the goals in the group games aswell?
@@iswhatitis1361 you are an idiot if you compare group stage goals to a final
Prime Gareth Bale was like watching a thoroughbred horse in full flight.
Gareth Bale on form was unstoppable, infact Gareth Bale on very best day is in the same conversation as Ronaldo & Messi, not better but in the conversation!
Last 3years at Spurs, and 2014 he was lethal
Let's not forget a 28 year old Gareth Bale was happy to agree record breaking £1m wage to China in 2017 before it fell through.
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Odd isn't it, bale gets criticism for leaving spurs and winning lots, Kane gets criticism for stopping at spurs and winning nothing.
Did his colossal wages match what you call Jim a 'colossal' contribution to football? I think Spurs and Real Madrid may beg to differ. Great player on his day, too few of them I'm afraid. Will be remembered for a few iconic goals, breaking the world transfer record and not showing up for the last four or five seasons.
He was massively underused and undervalued at Real Madrid. From an output point of view his best form was when he was at Spurs. It's a shame what happened in Spain but his numbers should be easily doubled from the ability he had. Unreal how much stuff he's won Real though.
At RM he was half the player he was at Spurs.
They played him on the right when where he was most dangerous was on the left commanding the whole flank like at Spurs.
@ his best @ Spurs
His clobber is proper & he's king of the top LADS.
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He’s only 33 💀 wow he spent the last 5 years of his career as a bench sitter
His last epic contribution at the absolute top was Champions league 2018. 2007-2018 at the absolute top. A slow decline since then. 11 years at the top. Injuries than kicked in. Still 1 in 2 at spurs last season when he was well passed his peak with many goals.
I will remember that run against Barcelona were he outsprinted is it alba? Was great
Marc Bartra I believe. Was incredible
It was against inter and it was against Maicon
@@chrisreynolds7098 very incredible
@@stevethedweeb3846 He's talking about the Copa del Rey final.
As far as I know, Barcelona play in Spain, not Italy.
@@stevethedweeb3846 thats a different game were he scored 3goals in 2011, he was still at spurs! He did again in 2014 against Barca in the final
Simon called Bale a bursted flush twice last year 😅
Bale’s goal to game ratio when he returned on that loan to Spurs was insanely good???
Spot on analysis of Bale, ALWAYS thought he had more in his tank, never got to reach his absolute peak.
I'm guessing Simon will be off name list from Gareth Bale golf tournament soon.
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Don't we all wish we could fucking retire at 33!
Best British player going the level he hit was incredible for Tottenham and Real Madrid, people should be celebrating his career Simon is being over dramatic of one of the most successful players ever
Hang on a minute Simon, stop contradicting yourself. So your calling Best the greatest player of all time (who may very well be, but he retired at 26, made a come back but never reached the heights he had previously been at) however when it comes to Bale- who was at his peak up to around 29 and then never reached the same heights he had previously been at- you're basically calling him a has-been for a short career. Anything positive you've said about Bale has immediately been met with a negative. In some eyes even Rooney peaked early, but Bale is up there with the likes of Rooney as one of the greatest "British" players of all time .Please have some decency and show respect for what this guy has achieved for Club & Country, regardless if the latter years of his Career wasn't as great.
Inconsistent, short-lived and unfulfilled potential. That’s what you should associate with Gareth Bale.
@@charliecharlie846 beat British player ever not even close with what he’s won
@@danielhayward8610 Seriously though what has he won? I assume you’re talking about the 5 Champions Leagues (because outside of that all he has is a handful of Spanish Cups and a couple of La Liga titles) but if you actually take a minute and look you’ll realise he only scored 11 goals in total across those 5 UCL campaigns. Baring in mind Ronaldo was averaging around 13 goals in each of those same 5 champions league campaigns, maybe everything good about Gareth Bale’s career has been a result of him just happening to play for Real Madrid.
@@charliecharlie846 but he was good enough to play for Real Madrid 😂😂 you can’t say if he hasn’t won the champions league cos he has 🤷 he won the Liverpool game with the best goal ever scored in a final his goal made it 2-1 to Madrid against athletico he was an integral part of the games so your argument is pointless
@@danielhayward8610 My point was using team trophies to judge a player is pointless unless you look at the context in which they won each one. First of all Ramos was more important to both of the wins against Madrid, and yes Bale played a starring role in 2018 but he did nothing in 2017 and was only on the pitch for about 15 minutes and he was on the bench for his fifth win. Realistically if Bale had never played a Champions League game for Madrid he would probably still have at least 3 or 4 champions leagues. In the grand scheme of each UCL campaign, he was never the team’s standout performer.
Volume on this video too low 🎶 ⚽️
sack the sound engineer!, its 20db too low
😂 6dB boost would be fine.
Bale scored 16/17 goals in his loan spell to Spurs. Wasn’t even a main stater.
Thought he retired a few years ago to play golf.
Spot on👍👍👍 A great doesn't go golfing at 29 and effectively douche his club and career.
He never did it on a rainy night in Stoke .
I usually agree with Simon but he lost me when he said the transfer fee from real was not justified what is he talking about bale lived up to transfer considering the success real madrid had with the 5 champions league they won in which he played a pivotal part in that money well spent not to mention winning the la liga and having a decent g/g ratio in my opinion minus the injuries in his prime he was no 3 in the world ahead of neymar Suarez
Ahead of Suarez and Neymar 😂. Please wake up.
Just off the top of my head Best, Charlton, Moore, Gazza, Dalgleish, Rooney, Scholes, Barnes, Shearer.
Bale was better than all of them mate with exception to Best maybe.
@@robertpirsig5011 I'm not saying he was a bad player, he as awesome at times. However to say he was the best ever British player is crazy. Yes his trophy cabinet is amazing no one can say otherwise I'm just saying there are a lot more players better than him. I would put him in the top 20.
@@gavinlisk2292 That's not a fair comment and you know it. If he was English, we wouldn't even be discussing it. Personally he's definitely top 5 for me. People talk about him having a good team around him. You forget he was good enough to have those players around him and at his best was scoring every other game.
@@robertpirsig5011 it's not an English/Welsh issue. His agent said he was the best player the British isles has ever produced. I'm just saying, in my opinion, that there are several players ahead of him. Is he the best player Wales has ever produced? In my opinion yes. Everybody is entitled to their opinion however I would bet the majority of people would say that Bale would be up there, but the best? I don't think so
Has better stats than Raul, Zidane, Figo & R9 at Madrid. That is the end of the discussion. What a player!
Did you lose funding to add proper sound on this video?
He was great in his prime, unfortunately his prime didn't last too long (whether that's due to his injury records or motivation is another debate), in some ways he's done the right thing even though he's only 33, atleast he's going out gracefully and not like a certain former teammate of his.
It is hypocritical to say he went out with grace comparing to Ronaldo. Bale was mocked for playing golf when Madrid was paying him immense salary. They try to send him off to Spurs but that failed. In the last few years he was a headache to Madrid but the team respected him for what he done in his prime.
People like you just have a goldfish memory
Yes, his decline was sharp, but the fact is that for all his talent, his major attribute was his pace, which at 33, and probably earlier had faded away. However, he won 5 Champions Leagues (more than any other British player that I'm aware of) and that includes the final in which he scored probably the best goal in Champions League final history, will be regarded by the Welsh as the greatest ever, is in the conversation for the greatest British player ever, and was at one point arguably the best player in the world after probably the 2 best players who have ever played the game. Perhaps he could've given more, but I challenge any British player to achieve more whilst giving '80%' in the future.
I agree with Simon more and more these days don't ever change bro
Prime Bale was dangerous, just a shame it didnt last very long, and also a shame he moved la liga. Have to agree that is was Spanish media who didnt like Bale. Cant remember bad lines about him when he was here ( not the 2nd time)
Spanish media only turned on him when he gave them good reason to.
I don’t mind listening to Simon Jordan but I find it quite ironic for him to be saying that it’s all about what you’re doing now rather than what you’ve done. I’d like to see him say that in the mirror…….
English people salty af.
Bale is a better player than 99.9% of English players that have ever played the game. Deal with it. He has the trophies to back it up, your Bests and your Gazzas and what have you just do not measure up and that is how history is going to rightfully see it.
Best isn’t English.
Ironic that your command of English is ridiculously bad. 😂
Facts
Top, top, player. What is there even to discuss? Certainly in the top ten all time greats from the UK along with Giggs, Gascoigne, Charlton, Best, Shearer, Robson, Dalglish, etc.
Simon was one of the knockers😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
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He peaked at Real and he doesn’t want to play for another two years past his best. He’s an elite athlete and when you’ve been at the top with Real Madrid its only a downward path after. In my opinion he’s the best British player ever and if he wants to go early then fine.
Roy Keane retired at 34
If the uk press could learn not to over hype any sports success in order to enjoy insulting and then destroying them in every thing they touch , our country would be a better place for everyone .
Brilliant player
Best Player From UK n Ireland:
England : Wayne Rooney
Northern Ireland : George Best
Rep Of Ireland : Roy Keane
Scotland : Kenny Dalglish
Wales : Gareth Bale
I would go for Keegan England balloon dor winner
@@johnlove140 Good shout and he’s never in the conversation for some reason
As a Welsh Liverpool fan, I'll always remember his goals in the ucl final in Kiev and his performances of euro 2016.
I think we underestimate the magnitude of Wales going further than England in 2016.
I wouldn't say the best ever british player. But you could argue the best ever british export to play abroad for sure.
My genuine question is what player you have seen from the UK that was better than Bale in his prime?
I can't think of one but I didn't see Best or Charlton play either.
@@joblakelisbon in terms of things won I can only go with bale, but that being said he was playing in a stacked Real Madrid side. In terms of sheer numbers and stats maybe Alan Shearer albeit shearer being a out and out striker. I never seen Best or Charlton play either so it’s hard for me to give my say on those. I think with what ruins it for me with Bale is how his career dipped off over the last 3-4 years of his career due to injury’s and on some part his own behaviour. But at his best he was unstoppable. Was one of those players that could almost win a game on his own at times with his runs and dead ball situations. Only a select few where able to carry their whole team on their back and do that time and time again when needed. So it’s a hard one but he’s certainly up there for me.
I'm bought into the "Greatest British Player" argument, nothing to do with the Welsh connection!!! His trophy cabinet alone puts him in the race
Too early ? Too young?
Erm....I'm pretty fookin sure that they would be the 1st coonts to call him out if he kept playing til C.Ronaldos age.
33 was old for a top level player anytime pre the last decade.
If ronaldo scored that goal against Liverpool in the CL it would be the greatest goal ever. What a player bale was
Apparently the best welsh football player of all time for me that's wrong I think it's Ryan Giggs not on his Welsh form but on his club career.
Trophy wise yes, but as an Athlete, Prime Bale was a phenomenon, a beast! Greatest British football athlete, and won the biggest prize 5times, dominated in 2 of them
That first Spurs run was incredible. His earned the right to be called one of the best wingers ever. I like Simon but his way to picky and harsh on his assessment of Bales career.
*A sad day f Football as a whole as 1 of World's greatest footballers hangs up hi boots f last time; tho the last few yrs his body didnt quite 'cut the mustard' , any1 who doubts his talent/credentials t football then look at his stats/ heat maps which spk f themselves. He scored every kind of goal from every angle of the pitch an that sublime overhead bicycle Champas winning goal gainst Pool ( v ReAL) 3-4yrs ago was quite possibly of the finest goals in World Football ( td8 ).
*We hear alot about the best Foriegn fooballers past, present and future but id say Bale is ( in my mind atleast), quite possibly is 1 of the finest underrated Welsh/British players t grace the game an deserves t b up there with some of the best. His legacy an consistency at top level is undeniable, even when his respective clubs an country struggled f form on the World scene, he seemed t singlehandedly always step up t the max an win the game,
*He's a tru inspiration t the Footballing World, an leaves behind an excellent model f upcoming Welsh or other Wclass youngsters t follow.*
He managed to sufficiently piss off the fans of the club he had helped win every trophy. That's an achievement that takes some doing.
This is true but the Spanish media are feral and many are on the payroll of Fiorentino Perez.
@@joblakelisbon Perez didn't make him repeatedly disrespect their club.
Just saying he played for Madrid is not a excuse to knock his record. Owen, Beckham, Mcmanaman all played for them did not win no where near as much. And its not like bale was a squad member like Asensio. He was a big difference in them actually winning titles and scoring goals to win finals. At his best peak bale on paper he arguably could say he had better qualities than CR7
Bale had 8 years of pure world level class.. then boom done
Harry Kane should off taken note and left too, now it’s probably too late.
Harry Kane is a world class striker but he’s not generational Garth bale was , Wayne Rooney was
Bale is without doubt one of the best British players ever, but Jim's comment that his list of honours puts "him way above everyone" else makes no sense: Phil Neal won 4 European Cups, 7 league titles, and many other domestic and European cups, but no one has ever claimed he is anywhere near being the best British player in history.
He was good, cause he was old Phily, but not the same level of player as Bale, Neal was a right back and although he won many a trophy and 4 european cups he was never the best in the world. Bar Messi and Ronaldo, Bale was the best in the world for 3-4 years. international career are no comparisons either
@@aledhutchinson273 Exactly my point: the number of trophies a player has won clearly doesn't mean they are "way above everyone else", as Jim White claimed in Bale's case.
I also disagree with your assertion Bale was the best in the world for 3-4 years; he was close, but never the best, but of course that's just subjective.
Bale’s 5 Champions League medals is a remarkable achievement. But when people say what more could he have done? He could have been up there with Ronaldo. I genuinely believe he had to potential to be the very best! He was playing in the best Madrid side of all time during the peak of his career. But he reached a point mentally where he’d rather play Golf than play Football. So for all he achieved, and I consider him to be ‘one of’ the best, you can’t deny there’s an element of a wasted talent. He had the ability of a Messi/Ronaldo, but not the mentality!
What do you base him wanting to play golf more than football on, have you spoken to him personally?🤌
@@ambyth3177 "Wales>Golf>Real Madrid" Now, even if thats satyrical, it's not very smart, and certainly did not go down well with the Madrid fans. Zidane was publicly critical of him choosing to play Golf when given the day off to recover from an injury too.. i get it, Bale is your boy! But accept that someone on the internet may have an opinion you do not agree with without the attitude and hand gestures.
@@Matt231985uk Opinions should be grounded in facts, and by that very conjecture the evidence in this case must come from the source, and since to my knowledge nobody has asked Bale directly that question, it's a flippant and ignorant remark to make (the satirical aspect of the Banner- with it's now infamous photo- originated from a fan in the stadium and not Bale; Bale was quoted as saying; "They brought it down, we were all celebrating as a team and I'm not going to not jump around with my teammates. It was a bit of banter. A bit of fun. People can see it how they like.")
P.s maybe the hand gesture was uncalled for so I'm happy to take that back.
I wouldn’t piss on Simon Jordan if he was on fire
They didn't mention his MLS title he won.
Let's Not forget, this man ended Maicon's career literally
TURN UP YOUR VOLUME!!!!!!!!!!!!
PUMP UP THE VOLUME!!
He wasn’t a disappointment- the likes of cr7 have pushed the boundaries on how footballers age but if your ignore that you’ll see bale had a great career
Spanish media said he preferred golf to Madrid he merely played on there assumption, Simon bigging up his Spanish contacts
Disappointing is possibly harsh, what’s he got left to play for? Prem top 6 won’t want him, hardly needs the cash from a few more years abroad 🤷🏻♂️
His Spurs time and first 3/4 years at Real where amazing.
But a shame he wasted his last couple of years picking up a paycheck and getting a tan.
But 650k a week is hard to walk away from I bet.