Yeah. I dont fault Jose for not playing Bale. To be honest, I wouldn't play him much either. By and large this season, he has looked unfit & unmotivated. Took him months to get fit enough to even start playing games. Honestly, if he was motivated to get going and play to the best of his abilities to help the team & prove everyone in Europe wrong, he’d have pushed it. No one really believed in him but Spurs fans. He’s largely proven them right. I think theres still a good player in there somewhere but I think his time in Europe is over. He should go chase the bag further in MLS.Two managers now, with a combined 5 Champions League wins between them as managers, aren’t really interested in playing Bale anymore.
The old Bale you simply couldn’t leave out, but I think it’s quite telling now that two of the most decorated managers in world football don't think he’s worth it anymore.
Yeah he’s looked good in the odd game, but on the whole he’s been massively underwhelming. He wouldn’t get into any of the top sides anymore, he wouldn’t even be on City’s bench