Gareth Bale Transfer News Thread

[Gareth Bale Is a Yid]

Swap Bale for Pedro+Abidal then I will be a happy man.

[BC87X]

Swap Bale for Pedro+Abidal then I will be a happy man.

Abidal is past his prime. Afellay and Pedro and we solve our winger situation right away and obviously some cash in the region of 15Mil would do it for me. But that's only if Juventus doesn't go for him in which case I wouldn't take anything less then 45Mil cash.

[SweSpurs]

Yeah, Afellay and Pedro would be awesome

[spursman18]

The players being discussed would most likely not be involved in any deal if he was to go. It's a slow week for journalists with no PL football to report on so they bring up old news to get interest going again until the PL starts back up.

[THFCWill]

What are peoples opinions on Pedro...? It's pretty 50-50 when i've asked people. I'm not so sure on him tbh, he looks better in that team than what he is. Technically he doesn't look THAT great, doesn't have skill and can't really pass that well. He's just consistently safe, relatively fast and works hard. Iniesta/Xavi/Messi are carrying him really. If he came to the Prem i would definitely question his effectiveness. Like BlueCrew said, i think we all know Bale will leave one day but honestly i won't begrudge him for it unless he goes to a top Prem team, then i'll be pissed. However i don't know who can replace him, Hazard maybe?!?!

[Maro]

Definitely Hazard would be a great replacement for him. He made it clear that he'll leave Lille this summer and I feel like PL is his first target. If we can clinch a CL spot, we can have a great chance to sign the lad.

I agree with your words on Pedro. He is a product of Barca youth system and has been playing Barca football with the same guys for so many years. I dont see him adopting well to PL football. His move might end up like Reyes.

[gabrielconroy]

We don't need to sell him yet if we don't want to. It all depends on how this season goes.

[BC87X]

What are peoples opinions on Pedro...? It's pretty 50-50 when i've asked people. I'm not so sure on him tbh, he looks better in that team than what he is. Technically he doesn't look THAT great, doesn't have skill and can't really pass that well. He's just consistently safe, relatively fast and works hard. Iniesta/Xavi/Messi are carrying him really. If he came to the Prem i would definitely question his effectiveness. Like BlueCrew said, i think we all know Bale will leave one day but honestly i won't begrudge him for it unless he goes to a top Prem team, then i'll be pissed. However i don't know who can replace him, Hazard maybe?!?!

I wouldn't say he gets carried. He makes very intelligent runs behind the defense where the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi can expose defenses with the perfect pass something VdV and Modric can do as well so he would be fitting right in plus he is a scoring winger that has good positioning and anticipation and on top of that doesn't mind defending. He seems to be drawn back a bit, but he always puts in a good shift.

Plus Hazard ain't coming now way that ship sailed a long time ago.

[Chorazin]

I dont overly have a problem with this provided the price is right for both club and player, this is a totally different animal to the Modric to a direct competition rival in Chelsea. That is a direct weakening of our squad to strengthen a rival we are competing against for a CL spot. But Bale to Barcelona, when was the last time Spurs played Barcelona?

[gabrielconroy]

The only reason I have a problem with it (assuming for the moment that it's in any way genuine) is that we're not likely to get in someone as good as a replacement, and we don't really need the money. There's no need to sell him. I don't think he'd kick up a big fuss this year if we get CL, so I don't think we should even be entertaining the idea. Don't get me wrong, Bale isn't perfect, but he's a very good player and there aren't many who could take his place, especially considering he's a natural part of our team now.

[US_Spurs_Fan]

I don't think he would want to go there. He knows the would want to move him back to LB.

[gazza]

he will only leave to southampton for small money age 37

[Maro]

I don't think he would want to go there. He knows the would want to move him back to LB.

Football-wise he should not go there, he'll definitely play as LB but he wont have much space to show his pace. In Barça games, 21 players are stuck in half of the pitch anyways

As I mentioned before, if he wants glories his best shot is Real Madrid now. I know that Mourinho would be delighted to have him and Madrid has a problem in left wing.

Left back is a huge problem since R.Carlos left. Yeah Marcelo plays good from time to time but he is not consistent. And in left wing, there is not a specific player. Ozil, Ronaldo, Di Maria, ... they all played there depending to the game. Bale would be first team member for sure.

[Cor-Luka]

Barca wouldn't pay more then 25 mil for him (or any other sane club). And Tottenham would want 40 mil + for him.

[Bryce_Williams]

Football-wise he should not go there, he'll definitely play as LB but he wont have much space to show his pace. In Barça games, 21 players are stuck in half of the pitch anyways

As I mentioned before, if he wants glories his best shot is Real Madrid now. I know that Mourinho would be delighted to have him and Madrid has a problem in left wing.

Left back is a huge problem since R.Carlos left. Yeah Marcelo plays good from time to time but he is not consistent. And in left wing, there is not a specific player. Ozil, Ronaldo, Di Maria, ... they all played there depending to the game. Bale would be first team member for sure.

Cristiano Ronaldo. Inverted on the left, way better than Bale there. Marcelo and Coentrao would both be ahead of him at left back. Stands a much better chance of getting in the team at Barca. Honestly his best bet is Italy, whether it be Juve or one of the Milans.