WHY BALE JOINING MADRID, IS THE BEST THING FOR HIS CAREER

Gareth Bale to Madrid was always something that was bound to happen. Florentino Perez said "he was born to play for Madrid". He has that special something that makes him a Galatico. The deal was expected to happen next summer,after helping Tottenham attempt qualification for the UCL. He made statements which seemed so. But all that has changed within the last fortnight. The people from Madrid both, the media and those associated with the club have been talking up the move, to the extent that even the Engliah media have followed them in doing so. Bale going quiet & not playing in matches have helped to increase the rumours. It is now clear that Bale will move to Madrid for what will be a world record fee.
        In everyway possible, it is the best move for Bale. Madrid is the land of fantasy,the sacred Bethlehem of football, the Mecca of glamour and glory, for any footballer on the face of the earth. Bale is no different. He has said before that it would be a dream to play for madrid ,he also recently stated that his style of play would fit perfectly to La liga.
        In terms of the glamour as already stated, it doesn't get bigger than Madrid. A celebrity club in a way. Madrid is the right place for him to do all his advertisement and make big money because, as seen with Beckham and Ronaldo, Florentino Perez knows how to utilise a celebrity footballer.With Spurs, he is already the face of FIFA 14 in the UK,and also on the cover with Messi officially.He also represents the EPL as its face with BT(The company sponsoring Tv rights in the EPL.Bale will lose this if he signs with madrid). He has also helped himself, by putting in an application to trademark his goal celebration "eleven of hearts" such as the way Ronaldo trademarked "CR7".He has done some work on his hair too (see picture below) & i'm pretty sure he'll be using Ronaldo's hair gel and stylist in Madrid. Bale has also been wise not to destroy his good boy reputation by not handing in a transfer request or ranting about his desire to move to Spain. In truth;Bale after Ronaldo, Neymar and Messi is probably 4th in terms of celebrity footballers right now, and no doubt with madrid he will go higher (he'll definately beat Messi, because let's face it, Messi is terrible at it,maybe he needs help from Xavi & Iniesta).
       In terms of improving as  a footballer,with all due respect to Andre villas boas,Bale has a better chance of improving under Ancelloti than AVB. He has Zinedane Zidane who this generation of footballers watched and wanted to be like him and win things like he did. He also said last season that he sees himself as a Ronaldo in the making. This can be seen in his courage to shot from distance regulaly, the way he takes his freekicks and dribbles. He can learn from Ronaldo face-to-face. He will also have better players in madrid to help him. No more Defoe,Lennon,Dembele,sigurdsson,with all due respect to them,they are not just in the same class with Alonso,Isco,Ozil,Ronaldo. He also doesn't have the pressure on him that he must deliver or else risk the team losing (i don't need to state how many times he saved Tottenham last seaaon). Make no mistake the pressure in madrid is the highest form of pressure in football possible,especially if you're coming with the tag of the most expensive signing in world football. But he is no longer the one who leads the team, that job belongs to a certain Portugese. The price tag pressure is something i feel Bale can cope with, besides all world record signings madrid have made have excelled (Figo,Zidane,Ronaldo) .Kaka is the only exception and his was down to injury and the impeccable form of Mesut Ozil. Bale will definately improve especially if he plays on the right wing of the attack,to enable him play with his stronger foot outside, just like the way Ronaldo does. With Mesut Ozil and also Isco giving the though balls,he'll harvest goals. His speed will be something that will be another asset to madrid's fast game. He will have to improve on his heading ability though, as for a man who has the same height as CR, he should score more from headers.
         In terms of trophies, Bale has not won a major trophy at 24. He has only won 2 PFA Player and young player of the year awards.(something which is easy,since Giggs won the the PFA best player in 2009). A player of his class deserves more and with Tottenham he can only win, maybe the FA or league cup or the fourth place trophy (Arsenal made it look as though this exists due to the way they celebrated 4th place,anyway with no trophies in 8 years its understandable). He certainly has no hopes of winning an international trophy, as Wales, in the most respectful way i can put this, are shit. When Ronaldo was 24, he had won a Champions league trophy, 1 fa cup,2 league cups,3 league titles and had been named the 1st,2nd and 3rd best player in the world. In Madrid he is assured of trophies, and maybe he may just be the missing puzzle in the La Decima jigsaw for Los Blancos. Even his dream of the being the best in the world stands a by far greater chance in Madrid and La liga playing & competing with the best than at Spurs.
       On a lighter note he can take the step and be a successful British player in Spain,something only David Beckham has managed to do, with the likes of Michael Owen,Jermaine Pennant & Jonathan Woodgate (he scored an own goal and got a red card on his debut) failing to deliver.






        As i said earlier in this article,Bale has everything it takes to be one of the best in the world and succeed in Madrid, better coaches,better teammates,  a bigger club. The only problems he will face is the pressure of playing for Madrid with the price tag as the most expensive player in the world and also the language barrier. These are issues that i believe he will deal with in time. Tottenham fans will be sad their hero is going, but madrid fans will welcome and adore their new Galatico (remember at Illaramendi's presentation when they were chanting "we want Gareth Bale") . Madrid fans will be fantasising about Ronaldo and Bale on both wings and how they will terrorise Europe and possibly win La Decima. They can now enter into an argument of "Ronaldo y Bale vs Messi y Neymar" , something La liga will definately enjoy as the top 4 celebrity footballers are in their league drawing interest (to my personal satisfaction, further away from the EPL), and will have possibly the 4 best footballers on the planet in the near future (in my opinion this will happen within the next 2 years). Exciting times for the media,Madrid and La liga, but the most excited and optimistic person here would be the man in question. Gareth Bale
     



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