da bet sport： Spurs winger Gareth Bale has most certainly enjoyed a stark upturn in fortunes over the past year or so, but with rumours abound that a summer move away from White Hart Lane awaits, by my reckoning at least, the Welshman would be best staying put for the foreseeable future.
da 888casino： It seems a world away that only last January, Bale came within an inch of joining Nottingham Forrest in the Championship after falling out of manager Harry Redknapp’s first-team plans. Injuries to the starting eleven saw Bale promoted to the starting line-up and he hasn’t looked back since.
At present, at just 21 years of age, Bale is one of the most feared attacking players in the world. His destruction of the world’s foremost right back, Maicon, in Spurs’ home and away fixtures in the Champions League this season against current holders of the tournament Inter Milan were truly a sight to behold.
Pace, poise, composure and with a unerringly accurate strike on him, Bale completely tore Inter apart and showed that his increasingly excellent displays towards the back end of last season in the Premier League were no fluke. He announced himself on the world stage with these performances and scouts from all over Europe’s biggest clubs began to sit up and take notice.
Potential destinations that have been sounded out for Bale have included Inter Milan (shocker), Man United and even the Spanish duopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona. If truth be told, Bale honestly wouldn’t look out of his depth in this company at the minute. The mark of a true world-class player, is that he could walk into any other side in the world; with the exception of Barcelona, you’d be hard pressed to find another club side in world football he’d have trouble settling into the startling eleven every week.
While Redknapp may have been extremely fortunate that injuries prevented Bale from leaving and that his form has been so blistering over the past year or so, the Welshman would still be best staying at Spurs for the time being.
The troubling fact that Redknapp still foresees Bale as being a left back in the long-run has been offset by Benoit Assou-Ekotto’s ever-improving form and he’s without question the finest winger currently plying his trade in the Premier League.
He’s currently playing for a side that plays a game that suits his free-running, all-action style. A move away now could be the last thing that Bale needs in terms of his development. Adjusting to a new style of football and a new culture abroad, just when he’s getting to grips with the intricacies of his own game, could set him back to his own detriment.
At Spurs he’s enjoying his football, and the most important thing of all for a 21 year old, is that he’s playing every week, which does wonders for your confidence and your development at this stage of your career. He’s currently in an environment where he’s allowed to try things, and the attacking style of football that Spurs subscribe to suits him down to the ground.
His path to the first-team at Spurs before last season has always been blocked and his growth stunted by a succession of niggling injuries; it is only now that with a run in the first-team that we are seeing the real Gareth Bale.
A move to Nottingham Forrest, even at a time before his sensational form came to light, looked to be a poor deal for Spurs. The feeling always persisted that here was a player of great potential, just that he hadn’t been given the opportunity to fully show it yet at White Hart Lane. However, even Bale’s biggest admirers couldn’t have predicted the huge promise he’s shown in the last year or so.
He’s a match-winner, it’s as simple as that, and with match-winners few and far between, he‘ll command a big fee in excess of £40m. At Spurs he gets to rub shoulders with the likes of Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart, truly fantastic players, and he’s a key component of a burgeoning Spurs side.
The club may self-implode over the next few years, as Spurs have a tendency to do when things look abnormally bright for them, but at the moment, the club are heading in the right direction. They look like they are going to be capable of challenging for honours in the coming seasons, especially if they add a couple of genuinely quality strikers up top. Without Bale though, this task becomes all the more difficult.
I think for the next couple of seasons at least, Bale should strongly consider staying at Spurs. They’re a club on the cusp of something special, that without Bale, wouldn’t be possible. Moves to the likes of Real Madrid and Man United can wait for now. At 21 years of age he’s obviously got time on his side and although Spurs fans should probably be resigned to losing him one day, for the time being, Bale should stick it out in North London.
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