Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane has praised heavily the newcomer from Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale and believes the Welshman can only improve from here on. The 24-year-old was undoubtedly the best player of Spurs last season
and was rightly awarded the PFA player of the year award. He was
strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid this summer, and finally
sealed his world record move on the transfer deadline day, after both
the clubs agreed a €100 million deal for him.
Zidane, who works as an assistant coach and sporting director at the
club, is more than happy to have Bale at Madrid and excited to have the
opportunity to work with him. The Frenchman thinks, Bale is one of the best players in the world at
the moment and feels he can still improve a lot. Speaking to Canal Plus, he said:
“My role will certainly be to explain that he has to play as he
knows. This is a player who has incredible potential, which he has
demonstrated over the past three years and he is certainly among the top
three players.
“But he can still progress a lot. I think he can bring a lot to Madrid.”
However, like so many other football critics who gave their opinion
on the crazy money spent on the player, Zidane also walked the same path
– criticizing his club for paying such ridiculous dosh to acquire
Bale’s services. Zidane, who himself held the title of most expensive
footballer on the planet when he moved from Juventus to Madrid in 2001, says the fee paid for a footballer is “incomprehensible.”
“Ten years ago I was bought for €75m and I said I was not worth
this,” he continued. Even now I would think that a player is not worth
this. It’s football, unfortunately. It is incomprehensible to pay so
much.”
Bale will have to endure such criticism now and probably for the rest
of his career. He would have to live with this burden of price-tag, and
the only way to silencing everyone is through constant performance on
pitch, which eventually would determine his greatness.
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