Gareth Bale

[danielneeds]

would you take Bale back and loose Son?

No, I’d probably drop Eriksen back a la KDB this season.

Bale on the right, Son on the left, Eriksen dictating and Alli supporting Kane.

 

[Ossie85]

No, I’d probably drop Eriksen back a la KDB this season.

Bale on the right, Son on the left, Eriksen dictating and Alli supporting Kane.

On the contrary. Alli deeper imo.
Eriksen and Alli as CM, Dier/Wanyama as DM. Son and Bale as wingers.
Mirroring City's setup. KDB and Silva (Eriksen and Alli), Sane (Son), Sterling (Bale)

 

[rocklink]

Madrid would want kane in any deal of bale. I would rather buy kovacic or isco with that money than bale

 

[dondo]

would you take Bale back and loose Son?

Why would we lose son?

 

[Johnny J]

Why would we lose son?

It's well known that Son refuses to play in the same team as Bale. It's in his contract.

Spoiler

I'm as confused as you are.

 

[danielneeds]

Bale and Kane would have epic chemistry I reckon, although it would be hard to drag them off the golf course together, as they are both nuts about it.

 

[Univarn]

If we want Bale? he is ours! Problem is, we are not overly zealous. Price is also set to sell-back to us, even if clubs offer more.

You know what you've done don't you? Now the thread will never die. 10 years from now we'll still see this pop up with "ITK Said we could have got him but didn't ffs!" And if we do get him it will be the end of this website as it will have completely crawled into itself eating itself from within from the smugness...

 

[St José Dominguez]

Having no weaknesses wins you the league. Signing Bale does not address our current weaknesses.

If we want to win the league we need to invest in our midfield and potentially full backs.

Man City are about to walk the league with Fabian Delph as left back, Stones and Otamendi mainly as their CB pairing, they ain't bad but they're hardly elite level.
Course it ain't happening but come on, Kane, Bale, Son, Dele and Eriksen in same team would destroy this league and make next year between us and City unless other teams did something out of this world in the transfer market.

 

[mickdale]

Why would we lose son?

if Son believed he dropped down the pecking order so less game time and wanted out
most probably not but was curious of peoples thoughts, this thread is all hypothetical anyway

 

[blackburn]

Sell Jansen, N'Koudou, Llorente and Sissoko and buy Bale back is an absolute no brainer. We need impact players, star quality, not more benchwarmers, Bale raises the bar. We have 4 comps to compete in next season, potentially 60+ games, that's plenty of game time for everybody.

 

[mickdale]

Sell Jansen, N'Koudou, Llorente and Sissoko and buy Bale back is an absolute no brainer. We need impact players, star quality, not more benchwarmers, Bale raises the bar. We have 4 comps to compete in next season, potentially 60+ games, that's plenty of game time for everybody.

+ Onomah & CCV

 

[Johnny J]

Sell Jansen, N'Koudou, Llorente and Sissoko and buy Bale back is an absolute no brainer. We need impact players, star quality, not more benchwarmers, Bale raises the bar. We have 4 comps to compete in next season, potentially 60+ games, that's plenty of game time for everybody.

If he was a fit, peak Bale then I'd like him back. But he's neither of those things and hasn't been for some time.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

Having no weaknesses wins you the league. Signing Bale does not address our current weaknesses.

If we want to win the league we need to invest in our midfield and potentially full backs.

Upgrading on your weakest links wins you trophies. Signing Bale is an direct upgrade on Sissoko.
If we want to win trophies we need to continuously upgrade.

 

[chinaman]

If he was a fit, peak Bale then I'd like him back. But he's neither of those things and hasn't been for some time.

Then RM won't be selling.

 

[nailsy]

It's never as good the second time. Teddy, klinnsmann, keane. He was great for us but his wages and price i'd say no and get the next bale out there.

Defoe scored more goals in his second spell at Tottenham.
Bale wouldn't need to be as good as before either as we've got a better all round team now.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Kane, Bale, Son, with Eriksen behind and Alli, Lamela and Moura rotating... Thats absolutely killer.

 

[DJS]

would you take Bale back and loose Son?

Bale could play behind Kane, Son on left and Eriksen on right (I think Eriksen has been right side mainly with Dele central mostly).

Dele then to play deeper.

 

[ziggy]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...keen-to-sell-this-summer-says-guillem-balague

 

[olliec]

Son is a regular first team starter now, no brainer!

 

[newbie]

I would love to have a fully fit Bale back but I can’t see it happening.