From young prospect to marquee name,
Gareth Bale has quickly become a household name for any soccer fan.
Having a breakout season in 2009-10, Bale helped his club Tottenham
Hotspur reach the Champions League and in the 2010-11 season Bale
showed his worth, providing an inspiring performance in the Champions
League against Inter.
A left back turned winger, Bale has
excelled in his current role. His new found brilliance while at left
winger has drawn comparisons to Cristiano Ronaldo for Bale. Bale and
Ronaldo play very similar games, both like to be on the ball, take on
defenders, and use their exceptional pace and agility to burn the
opposition. Both players are deadly scoring threats and the main
focus of any game-plan for opposing managers.
Bale struggled to find first team time
his first few years at Tottenham, struggling with injury and being
left out of the team in favor of Benoit Assou-Ekotto. Tottenham
manager at the time, Harry Redknapp, finally picked Bale when
Assou-Ekotto went down with injury, and Bale took the chance and ran
with it. Fast forward a few seasons later and Bale is now on every
major teams radar.
Linked with a move to Real Madrid, Bale
could potentially replace want away star Cristiano Ronaldo at the
Bernabeu. The prospect of playing at a big club like Madrid could
sway him to leave White Hart Lane even though his contract there runs
until 2016. Can you imagine Bale replacing Ronaldo and Neymar
potentially joining Barcelona? That could be a new rivalry for the
ages.
But for now we get to witness Bale's
brilliance while at Tottenham. This season he has methodically guided
his Spurs to Champions League contention. He seems to get better with
each game, his IQ for the game seemingly increasing every match. This
is scary seeing as Bale is only 23 years old and already one of the
best in the world. If Bale chooses to stay at Tottenham, he could
quite possibly be the reason Tottenham bring in enough world class
players to be a Champions League contender for years. I personally
hope Bale stays at Tottenham, I want to see the Gareth Bale era begin
in EPL, because this player has all the qualities and talents to be
the best in the world and he is well on his way to that now.
What do you think? Could Gareth Bale be the best in the world? Should he leave Tottenham?
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