Gareth Bale will leave Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid in the summer and could potentially join Cardiff City, despite interest from around Europe, including Serie A.
The 32-year-old sees his contract at Real Madrid expire at the end of the season and the Merengues don’t seem willing to extend with the Wales international.
The ex-Tottenham star has only played 270 minutes with Real Madrid this season. He started in the opening three league matches before picking up a knee injury that forced him out of action for two months. He has played one Champions League game and managed three La Liga appearances this term.
The Wales international has been linked with a move to Cardiff City and Wales Online explains why the Real Madrid star should return home in the summer. The article mentions the possibility of Bale joining Serie A where many clubs ‘would pay handsomely’ to sign him, just like other Premier League sides, Rangers and Celtic.
It remains to be seen who would afford the salary of Bale, who reportedly earns €18m per season at Real Madrid. It’s more than twice what Serie A’s highest earner Matthijs de Ligt gets at Juventus with his €8m-a-year contract. Only the ‘Growth Decree’ and a substantial salary cut would help Serie A giants sign Bale in the summer.
Gareth Bale to Cardiff City makes so much sense this summer for personal and footballing reasons | @PaulAbbandonato https://t.co/4xBndKeNki
— Cardiff City Online (@CardiffCityLive) March 29, 2022
I sincerely hope he doesn’t end up in Serie A. If Ronaldo couldn’t elevate Juventus, what good could Bale do? Even at half his salary, it would be a huge waste of money.
Good lord! No retiree’s please.
So according to this article Cardiff City can afford his 18 million wages but not a single club in Italy can even come close. Italian football might as well close up shop under these pathetic economic conditions. Even Cardiff is bigger than Juve and Inter now.
If Cardiff City is bigger than every Serie A clubs in this situation it make reasonable sense, some of us that love Serie A prefer Cardiff to pay his 18M, and if you have any problem with that, please no point in you coming to Serie A site, go to google and search EPL.