Welsh striker Gareth Bale complained on Thursday that his club Real Madrid, in which he hardly plays anymore and from which he wants to leave, was putting a damper on him.
He only played 48 minutes of the 12 games played by the Merengues after confinement, and then refused to be in the squad to play the Champions League round of 16 second leg against Manchester City.
Bale is no longer in Zinédine Zidane's plans and has no desire to stay at the Bernabeu, despite his remaining two-year contract at Real.
The 31-year-old came close to joining Chinese club Jiangsu Sunin in 2019, before Madrid scuttled the deal.
"I tried to leave the club last year, but they blocked everything at the last moment," the player complained to Sky Sports.
“It was a project that motivated me but didn't materialize,” he added, revealing that there had been “other occasions when we tried to leave, but the club didn't 'not allowed'.
“Everything is in the hands of the club.
They make everything very complicated, honestly, ”he added, fatalistic.
Bale had become the most expensive player in history when Real snatched him from Tottenham for more than € 110m in 2013. He won two La Liga and four Champions Leagues with the Spaniards, but his attitude has often criticized during his standoff with Zidane.
" Wales.
Golf.
Madrid.
In this order "
He had posed with the Welsh team holding a national flag on which was written “Wales.
Golf.
Madrid.
In that order ”, suggesting that his club even passed after his passion for the greens.
He had also been filmed with his anti-Covid mask raised over his eyes to pretend to sleep on the substitutes' bench, during a championship match where he understood that he would not enter the field.
“I want to play football and I am still motivated to play football.
I'm only 31 and I still feel in great shape, really, ”he said on the sidelines of the rally with his national team to face Finland on Thursday.
"What happens in Madrid, happens in Madrid," he added to ensure that it does not affect him in the national team.
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