Bale to be banned for playing for Spurs?

[jonathanhotspur]

I read that last night in The Mirror. It sounds like a hatchet job, doesn't it?

I thought he just signed a four year contract?

 

[bomberH]

Is it even legal to publish something like this? It might be the scummiest thing I've ever read from a news source.

The Tottenham winger was initially included in the squad for the Games but pulled out with a back injury.
However, a source told the Sunday Mirror the reason was actually that Bale did not have confidence in the team to threaten the gold, silver or bronze positions.

As a result, he decided playing for Stuart Pearce's men was not worth missing three weeks of Spurs' pre-season schedule for.

Bale performed a U-turn after first going against the Welsh FA and agreeing to play for Team GB.
But he caused controversy this week when he appeared for Spurs in their tour of the US and scored in a friendly against LA Galaxy, hours before Team GB kicked off their Olympics campaign against Senegal.

Even his father, Frank, had urged the Welshman to turn out in the hope of succeeding with the new-look British team, but Bale did not think it was the ideal way to prepare for the Premier League season.

He remains committed to performing well for Spurs this season, despite the club recently activating a clause in his contract to extend his deal to 2015 shortly after he told bosses he wanted to leave.

Was thinking exactly the same thing. What a shit piece of journalism. I'll be very surprised if there isn't an apology published in the paper over the next couple of days, considering the statement we've already put out. Even the bit at the end is fuckingly spasticated, much like the words used to describe it.

 

[Kingstheman]

It looks like Charlie Adam took the title of this thread too literally.