Gareth Bale to wait until after Wales’ World Cup play-off final before deciding his future… as his agent insists there is a ‘lot of interest’ in the forward despite him starting just FOUR matches for Real Madrid this season
- Gareth Bale has only started four games for Real Madrid in LaLiga this season
- He is out of contract at the Bernabeu in the summer and looks set to leave
- Despite his lack of game time, Bale played for Wales on Thursday, scoring twice
- His agent has claimed that a number of clubs are interested in signing Bale
- Bale is set to make a decision on his future after Wales’ play-off final in June
Gareth Bale will make a decision on his long-term future after Wales’ World Cup decider this summer amid widespread interest in the Real Madrid star.
Despite barely featuring for his club this term, Bale produced a heroic display to score two goals against Austria in Cardiff to set up a clash with Scotland or Ukraine – probably in June – with the winner qualifying for Qatar 2022.
Bale’s contract in Spain, worth about £600,000 per week, expires at the end of the season. His agent Jonathan Barnett told Sportsmail that Bale, who turns 33 in July, is a wanted man but his camp will sit tight until they know whether Wales have reached their first World Cup since 1958.
Gareth Bale scored twice on Thursday as Wales beat Austria 2-1 in the World Cup play-offs
‘We have had a lot of interest in him but we have not done anything,’ said Barnett. ‘After June we will discuss what we want to do.
‘I have been saying for years he is one of Britain’s greatest, most successful sports stars. If he hasn’t had the credit he deserves, it’s because he doesn’t speak much publicly. He is a quiet lad but I don’t understand why he hasn’t been treated better.’
Bale, meanwhile, hit back in his increasingly bitter battle with the Spanish media, after an article prior to Wales’ meeting with Austria labelled him a ‘parasite’.
Writing on his social media channels, Bale described the article as ‘slanderous, derogatory and speculative’.
Bale has hardly played for Real Madrid this season due to injuries and falling out of favour
The forward looks set to leave Carlo Ancelotti’s side as a free agent at the end of the season
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