Gareth Bale accused Real Madrid of making it “very difficult” for him to leave, saying on Wednesday he’s tried to negotiate an exit several times.
Bale was close to joining Chinese side Jiangsu Suning last summer on a three-year deal reportedly worth £1 million per week. Madrid were prepared to allow the Welshman to leave on a free transfer, but the club ultimately called off the move.
“They blocked everything at the last second,” Bale told Sky Sports. “So it was a project I was excited for last year, but it didn’t materialize. There’s been other instances where we’ve tried to go but the club won’t allow it or they’ve done something.”
Bale started in seven of Madrid’s first 10 matches of the 2019-20 season, raising the prospect of a reconciliation. But he fell to the wayside as the campaign progressed.
He was an unused substitute toward the end of Madrid’s title-winning run and was left out of Zinedine Zidane’s squad during the Champions League clash against Manchester City. Zidane said at the time that Bale “preferred not to play.”
Bale contradicted that account Wednesday, indicating Madrid hold the final say on his present and future.
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