These are not easy days for business at Real Madrid, which has a big traffic jam in its exit operation: the two priority ones do not have offers and the one that does have them refuses to leave.
The situation has practically not changed since the celebration of the title number 34, which had James and Bale as protagonists, precisely because they always looked out of the party, oblivious to the title that their teammates achieved, since they had little and nothing in the season .
The cost of the two, which according to Transfermarket is around 32 million euros, and especially the high record they receive in Real Madrid (8.5 million per year for the Colombian, about 20 million for the Welshman) are insurmountable barriers for the clubs that they would like to have them.
In the case of James, as the newspaper AS in Spain assures, there is a particular difference: he is the only one who wants to leave. With only 728 minutes in the last year, a stretch of the game after the restart of the season due to the pandemic and his decision to get off by doing an exercise in honesty with his DT and officially no longer count, is the most obvious thing. And that he has tired of showing in his latest interviews, particularly the last one with Daniel Habib in which he left no doubts: “I want to go where I can play, where I am happy and where I feel loved by everyone. It’s frustrating not have minutes. I know I have the conditions to always play, but for other people I can’t do it, “he said. And incidentally, another pull that tightens the rope with Zidane …
He has lacked nothing to do, including direct winks to the leagues that would interest him: “I’ve already been in several good leagues and I’m only missing Serie A and the Premier. You have to see where they want me to go. Going to England would be a good thing. It’s a top league, “he told Habib. And yes, its conditions, which are undeniable, give for any of the 5 major European leagues. But there are no offers.
Bale and Mariano are on the other side. Rivers of comments have been written about Welsh and his apathy. But his attitude did not change one iota: he has a two-year contract, when he was able to go to China he was not allowed and now, taking refuge in golf, he is willing to collect Florentino Pérez’s play every month.
On the other hand, Mariano, who would have at least four teams that have shown real interest in getting him out of the inactivity he suffers at Real Madrid, does not want to leave. His bet is clear: he has a contract until 2023 but he is sure that he can beat Jovic in the competition to be Benzema’s natural replacement. And from there he has not moved either throughout the year, despite his very poor record of 91 minutes played.
Madrid has it in the showcase and he knows it. Teams like Leipizg, Lyon (where he has already been), Rome and Seville would have raised their hands for him, but his obsession is to succeed in the ‘merengue’ team. For now, he has not found out that after the ‘merengue’ house there is also life …
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