Gareth Bale will not Play in the Audi Cup, Transfer Speculation is Heating Up

DBasia.news –  Real Madrid star, Gareth Bale, will not play against his former club, Tottenham Hotspur, at the Audi Cup. He was not included in the squad and the issue of his departure was heating up.

The match will be held at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday (30/7) at 23.00 WIB. In fit condition (not injured), Bale is still not taken by Zinedine Zidane into his squad. Understandably the issue of the 30-year-old player is heated.

As is known, Bale’s issue has continued during the transfer market this summer. Bale even almost moved to Jiangsu Suning, a Chinese club, which gave an offer of 22 million euros.

However, the transfer failed due to the intervention of Florentino Perez, President of Madrid. Perez does not want Bale to be sold at a low price. Jiangsu finally recruited Ivan Santini, the Croatian striker, from Anderlecht and fulfilled the quota of foreign players.

Jiangsu already has five non-Chinese foreign players currently in its squad, namely: Eder, Alex Teixeira, Miranda, Gabriel Paletta and Ivan Santini. So, Jiangsu has closed the potential of Bale’s arrival.

Nevertheless, rumors of his departure remain widely circulated qw Bale’s relationship has not been great with Zidane. In addition, Bale was no longer liked by Madrid fans as he appeared inconsistently, often injured, and tended to be a loner who did not mingle with his teammates.

While the summer transfer market is still open, Bale can still leave Madrid. Especially at this time, Madrid gave an indication to let Bale complete his transfer business until he failed to play against the former club.

Real Madrid squad for the Audi Cup, quoted from the club’s official website:

Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas, Andriy Lunin, Diego Altube.

Defenders: Dani Carvajal, Sergio Ramos, Raphael Varane, Nacho, Marcelo, Alvaro Odriozola, Javi Hernandez, Adrian de la Fuente, Miguel Gutierrez.

Midfielder: Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Fede Valverde, Isco, Jaime Seoane.

Strikers: Mariano Diaz, Karim Benzema, Lucas Vazquez, Vinicius Junior, Eden Hazard, Rodrygo Goes, Takefusa Kubo.