Gareth Bale’s Agent Blames Real Madrid For Failed Deal With Chinese Team Jiangsu Suning

According to Gareth Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, Real Madrid are the ones to blame for Bale’s transfer to the Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning due to Madrid reportedly “changing their minds.”

ESPN FC reported on Sunday that Bale’s move to China became broken off at the last minute because Bale’s family is opposed to a move to China. However, according to Barnett, Madrid’s hierarchy is to blame for the deal falling through at the last minute.

Barnett says that Madrid gave Bale the green light to negotiate a move away from the Santiago Bernabeau, only to retract it at the last minute.

According to reports, Madrid President Florentino Perez decided that his club could not let a valuable player like Bale leave for nothing. After Jiangsu signed Brazilian defender Miranda and then Croatian forward Ivan Santini on Monday, Jiangsu found themselves out of spots for foreign additions on their roster.

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This drama follows last week’s madness, when manager Zinedine Zidane decided to leave Bale off of Madrid’s pre-season squad for the Audi Cup, urging the Welsh international to leave Los Blancos. The relationship between Bale and Zidane, which has been extremely toxic, is one of the main reasons for Bale’s inevitable move.

“It’s quite simple, Zidane just doesn’t like Gareth. There is no relationship between the two of them, there has never been any kind of relationship with Zidane,” said Barnett this weekend about the strained relationship between his client and Zidane.

On Monday, Madrid reported that Bale was training on his own, away from his Los Blancos teammates.

Asked for an update on Bale’s situation after Friday’s 7-3 International Champions Cup loss to Atletico Madrid, Zidane replied: “At the moment it is the same, Bale is here with us, he played, and we will see what happens.”

Article by Jason Hirsch