Gareth Bale Left out of Real Madrid Fans’ Ideal Starting XI

Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller, Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann and pacy Southampton forward Sadio Mane have all been linked – but it’s Bale van Gaal really wants. However, this challenge isn’t asking for donations, so the organizers will have to be extra diligent about getting people to mention the cause in their videos. If you look at Bale’s movements, they give the team respite’. Sometimes they don’t like him but it’s all good.

Real Madrid remain without the services of Karim Benzema and Coentrao as they visit Sporting Gijon in the opening fixture of the season.

It’s fair to say Gareth Bale isn’t as well-liked as he’d hope at the Santiago Bernabeu.

A chunk of Real Madrid fans who partook in a survey conducted by MARCA believe that there is no room for Gareth Bale in the first team’s starting eleven. Again, Real Madrid struggled offensively throughout the whole pre-season stage, but Rafa Benítez is surely working to improve and bring back Real’s menacing attacks while creating a defensive system that should be successful against elite opposition.

Despite his world-record fee, Bale remains in the shadow of global superstars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Benitez said: ‘Isco and James [Rodriguez] play elaborately between the lines – not Gareth. Maradona has similar characteristics to Messi. But the power of these football monsters is massive.

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