Gareth Bale transfer rumours dismissed
Spanish football journalist Axel Torres claims that the recent rumours regarding Gareth Bale’s potential move to Real Madrid are just “paper talk.”
The Tottenham midfielder has been increasingly linked with a move away from White Hart Lane and his former team mate Luka Modric recently revealed that he would love to see Bale join him at the Bernabeu.
But Torres thinks that it is only speculation and that Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid are unlikely to make a move for the Welshman.
Torres said to TalkSport: “In the Spanish press everybody sees Gareth Bale as a defender, as a left-back. The commentators see Bale as a possible replacement for Fabio Coentrao who the fans of Real Madrid don’t like.
“I think it is just paper talk. He [Luka Modric] was asked about it, Real Madrid are not thinking about it. They [the Spanish press] see him as a replacement for Coentrao and then a second choice behind Marcelo, or even third choice.”
The Spanish journalist also claimed that because Bale is not seen as an attacking player in Spain, a move for Bale would mean people would see Jose Mourinho’s signing of Fabio Coentrao as a mistake.
“In Spain people don’t see Bale as an attacking player and Jose Mourinho is always seen to be protecting Fabio Coentrao, so if he is seen to be signing another player in his position it would be like Mourinho was assuming it was the wrong move to bring in Coentrao.
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“So I don’t think it will happen.”
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