Gareth Bale chooses to play in the MLS

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Originally Posted by Hilts

No it is gullible.

Bale 100% wants to sign for City.

Complete and utter bollox.

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Know this for a fact?

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Originally Posted by Vindec

Has Bales's move to the MLS been confirmed? Is everyone focussed solely on the Athletic and Wales Online articles? The Mail (which is normally very good for Sports coverage) states Bale is in talks but hasn't actually confirmed he has signed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ion-offer.html

I'm probably (almost certainly) clutching at straws here but everything I've read does not provide absolute confirmation. For all I know the story could have originated from Los Angeles FC in similar fashion to the rubbish spouted by officials at Gestafe.

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Indeed, they first broke it reporting that he had agreed a move:-
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It changed 15-20 mins later:-
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Originally Posted by Vindec

Has Bales's move to the MLS been confirmed? Is everyone focussed solely on the Athletic and Wales Online articles? The Mail (which is normally very good for Sports coverage) states Bale is in talks but hasn't actually confirmed he has signed.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ion-offer.html

I'm probably (almost certainly) clutching at straws here but everything I've read does not provide absolute confirmation. For all I know the story could have originated from Los Angeles FC in similar fashion to the rubbish spouted by officials at Gestafe.

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Dalman has wished bale all the best? That would the biggest double bluff of all time 😂😂

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Originally Posted by rudy gestede

He won’t be going for the money as he’s not a nominated player, most he’ll be on is 700k a year. If he wanted money he’d have gone somewhere else.

It’ll be a lifestyle decision and I can’t say I blame him tbh.

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aye...who the feck..if they had the choice would live in cardiff

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Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep

Dalman has wished bale all the best? That would the biggest double bluff of all time 😂😂

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All I could see in that report was it being said that on being told of it, Dalman was very very respectful, according to Paul Abbandonato. It did not say however who had been the one telling it to Dalman - for all the piece gave it could be taken that it was Paul Abbandonato doing the updating to Dalman of unsubstaniated reports and asking for his reaction to what they were reporting to be the case.

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Originally Posted by UNDERHILL1927

Know this for a fact?

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Well we will find out very soon.

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Originally Posted by C1C9F2C7

judas

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Couldn't agree more, I never thought I'd see the day that one of our own joins our great rivals Los Angeles FC

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Originally Posted by gabbsthenewt

All I could see in that report was it being said that on being told of it, Dalman was very very respectful, according to Paul Abbandonato. It did not say however who had been the one telling it to Dalman - for all the piece gave it could be taken that it was Paul Abbandonato doing the updating to Dalman of unsubstaniated reports and asking for his reaction to what they were reporting to be the case.

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This from the Wales on line article

Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman said upon learning of Bale's decision on Saturday: "We wish Gareth the very best, want to see him get fit and do well for Wales at the World Cup.

"We hope he plays really well and that Wales also do well as a result.

"Gareth will always be welcome back home whenever he wants. He'd always be welcome at Cardiff whenever he feels it's his time."

Seems like a direct quote to me so seems strange if the news isn't true but if there is hope so be it but for I'm glad this is done as its been a drag

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Originally Posted by ccfcbluebird

Gareth Bale is off to the US - not Cardiff.

https://nation.cymru/sport/gareth-ba...os-angeles-fc/

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No surprise. This is what fading stars do. I remember in the late 1970s watching Rodney Marsh play in the old North American Soccer League. It's a good standard, with good crowds and excellent money.

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Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep

This from the Wales on line article

Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman said upon learning of Bale's decision on Saturday: "We wish Gareth the very best, want to see him get fit and do well for Wales at the World Cup.

"We hope he plays really well and that Wales also do well as a result.

"Gareth will always be welcome back home whenever he wants. He'd always be welcome at Cardiff whenever he feels it's his time."

Seems like a direct quote to me?

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My point being - how did he learn it? Why didn't they explain who he had learned it from?("upon learning of it from Bale/his agent" it does not say) Not one story today has provided official confirmation directly from Bale or his representatives of the said decision, and those saying something was agreed have since revised to say he is mulling over an offer.

Essentially what is clear is things still aren't any clearer than they were yesterday or the day before - he's mulling over a MLS offer, we knew that already.

How WO report it leaves it open to consideration that Wales Online were the ones Dalman was doing the learning from, and while the headline they have ran with states City issue a classy response to Bale, I would say more likely is they issued said response to Wales Online on the phone, rather than to Bale himself.

It's the young kids who are the future who I feel sorry for

Imagine the excitement that youngsters locally would have had going down the football .....our club ......to see Gareth Bale ......

What a poor show from certain people , including Bale

I hope Ramsey signs and I think the manager and the players deserve a real crack at things this season

Poncey Alice band bollocks

The guilty parties

Wales Online
Abbadonato
BBC Wales
Bale and his agent

Dirty stinking business

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

The guilty parties

Wales Online
Abbadonato
BBC Wales
Bale and his agent

Dirty stinking business

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what should Bale have done differently?

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

The guilty parties

Wales Online
Abbadonato
BBC Wales
Bale and his agent

Dirty stinking business

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Add to the list people who track private planes flying from Spain to Cardiff and anyone who puts 2 and 2 together and gets 5.

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Originally Posted by Nobody's Rep

This from the Wales on line article

Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman said upon learning of Bale's decision on Saturday: "We wish Gareth the very best, want to see him get fit and do well for Wales at the World Cup.

"We hope he plays really well and that Wales also do well as a result.

"Gareth will always be welcome back home whenever he wants. He'd always be welcome at Cardiff whenever he feels it's his time."

Seems like a direct quote to me so seems strange if the news isn't true but if there is hope so be it but for I'm glad this is done as its been a drag

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Not mad on this quote from Dalman. If Bale ever plays for CCFC is has to be cos it’s good for CCFC not Bale.

He’s a Welsh legend and fair play but he is not bigger than the club

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Originally Posted by delmbox

what should Bale have done differently?

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Told the press straight away he wasn't interested in coming to CCFC and he was looking to a move to a premiership club ......and none were interested

And that's it

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Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue

Not mad on this quote from Dalman. If Bale ever plays for CCFC is has to be cos it’s good for CCFC not Bale.

He’s a Welsh legend and fair play but he is not bigger than the club

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I wouldn't want him back now , he's nailed his colours so that's the way it is

35 and taking an occasional free kick ?

It's a free country , he's made his decision and it's fine for CCFC fans to have their say too

We are not going to all agree but I think it's rotten , especially for young kids who would have flocked to have seen him , even late in his career

Rotten business

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Originally Posted by delmbox

what should Bale have done differently?

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Told the press straight away he wasn't interested in coming to CCFC and he was looking to a move to a premiership club ......and none were interested

And that's it

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If we are to believe that the decision has been made and it made its way out to the press today, then you could say, that could have been done differently. Quite surprising to have to believe that he, knowing the emotions and hopes evoked among his home town, would let the club know through Paul Abbandonato phoning up Dalman and saying what do you say to these stories saying it's understood according to reports that he has agreed a deal with LAFC? You could say of course, that would be a bit unusual for a missed transfer target to address fans disappointment, but that would ignore that this is rather unique circumstances.

(This isn't to say I'm thinking he is coming here or not going to MLS. I believe we have real tough opposition from MLS and the decision may have already been made - most likely is that he won't come, but some things aren't adding up with the way the story spilled out today as an absolute agreement had been made only for it to be walked back and stories amended to say he is mulling over an offer - it definately wouldn't be the first story on Gareth to have made it to the press as being official only for him to laugh about it days later.)

I hope he makes an effort to learn the language this time.

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Originally Posted by Grangenders

I hope he makes an effort to learn the language this time.

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Is Mexican similar to Spanish?

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Told the press straight away he wasn't interested in coming to CCFC and he was looking to a move to a premiership club ......and none were interested

And that's it

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But how do you know he was never interested in coming to Cardiff?

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Originally Posted by delmbox

But how do you know he was never interested in coming to Cardiff?

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Exactly. Wasnt all the speculation from the media anyway?

Ok so he responded to the getafe bit but that was tongue in cheek and the getafe chairman clearly on a wind up. Did Cardiff say anything similar to getafe about us being offered him?

Not sure he should be expected to go over every club one by one to publicly rule himself in or out.

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Originally Posted by Father Dougal

Exactly. Wasnt all the speculation from the media anyway?

Ok so he responded to the getafe bit but that was tongue in cheek and the getafe chairman clearly on a wind up. Did Cardiff say anything similar to getafe about us being offered him?

Not sure he should be expected to go over every club one by one to publicly rule himself in or out.

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I think we were probably in the mix and he decided to go a different way

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Originally Posted by delmbox

I think we were probably in the mix and he decided to go a different way

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That’s what I would think, bunch of old men acting like big babies over this ffs.

Let’s be honest for a rich young man LA is a lot more exciting than Cardiff and after 3 years he’ll never get to do something like this again.

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Originally Posted by Father Dougal

Exactly. Wasnt all the speculation from the media anyway?

Ok so he responded to the getafe bit but that was tongue in cheek and the getafe chairman clearly on a wind up. Did Cardiff say anything similar to getafe about us being offered him?

Not sure he should be expected to go over every club one by one to publicly rule himself in or out.

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Well clearly not but by ruling us out early on he could have shot the pantomime horse

Poor show

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Originally Posted by delmbox

I think we were probably in the mix and he decided to go a different way

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Were we bollocks

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Originally Posted by driver blue

good luck to gareth bale football is a short career get rich and get out, do you really blame him he's looking after his family.you or i would do the same. football has no loyalty ask any pro player.:ayatollah::wales:

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He cant have much faith in his family's ability to handle money , if he thinks he has to add to his mega fortune to provide for them in the future!

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Originally Posted by rudy gestede

That’s what I would think, bunch of old men acting like big babies over this ffs.

Let’s be honest for a rich young man LA is a lot more exciting than Cardiff and after 3 years he’ll never get to do something like this again.

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And the latest Welsh Captain since Vinnie Jones to give Hollywood Boulevard a go. Bales is a talent even in his waning years way above what we could normally recruit. I fancied the idea of Welsh icons in their latter years playing for local Welsh clubs in the build up to probably the only World Cup finals in my lifetime but too much romance on my part!

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Were we bollocks

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It never fails to surprise me that you were never as a child taught that just because you say something definitively it doesn't make it true

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Originally Posted by delmbox

It never fails to surprise me that you were never as a child taught that just because you say something definitively it doesn't make it true

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Yes, but how can you be sure that is true?
They'll tell you such, but how can you know they aren't lying?

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Originally Posted by alan_corneli

Everybody says he's such a nice bloke, but personally, I think he's a plick. There's been weeks and weeks of speculation about him joining the Bluebirds. He was quick enough to say he was joining Getafe. If he had an respect for our club and our supporters he could have nipped the rumours in the bud at the very beginning as he obviously had no intention of joining Cardiff City.

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You and the media were the ones who built up all this furore around him possibly signing.

Maybe he was just telling the truth regards it being an option...until he had to make a choice.

Grow up for ****s sake and stop acting like a spoilt brat / Real Mardid fan.

The Daily Mail states:

"A deal is yet to be fully agreed but discussions are ongoing."

It's not a done deal yet. While the odds have switched dramatically in favour of the MLS nothing has yet been officially confirmed. While Bale is now more likely to go to the USA nothing I have read confirms that is the case. Don't be fooled by Dalman wishing Bale all the best. If a journalist phones him up and states Bale is joining an MLS side what else could he say other than be magnanimous in apparent defeat.

When the giants of football Los Angeles FC come calling apart from the pay cheque how can you turn them down.?

Oh dear. It’s like kids who haven’t been given a pony on Christmas Day.

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Originally Posted by Vindec

The Daily Mail states:

"A deal is yet to be fully agreed but discussions are ongoing."

It's not a done deal yet. While the odds have switched dramatically in favour of the MLS nothing has yet been officially confirmed. While Bale is now more likely to go to the USA nothing I have read confirms that is the case. Don't be fooled by Dalman wishing Bale all the best. If a journalist phones him up and states Bale is joining an MLS side what else could he say other than be magnanimous in apparent defeat.

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Just read The Mail article and it states:

‘Gareth Bale has ended uncertainty over his future by joining American club Los Angeles FC to get fit for the World Cup and potentially prolong his career after it.

Bale, who became a free agent after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season, is expected to be officially unveiled in the MLS this week on an initial 12-month deal, despite also having held talks with Cardiff City.’

Seems like they feel it’s a done-deal.

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Originally Posted by Vindec

The Daily Mail states:

"A deal is yet to be fully agreed but discussions are ongoing."

It's not a done deal yet. While the odds have switched dramatically in favour of the MLS nothing has yet been officially confirmed. While Bale is now more likely to go to the USA nothing I have read confirms that is the case. Don't be fooled by Dalman wishing Bale all the best. If a journalist phones him up and states Bale is joining an MLS side what else could he say other than be magnanimous in apparent defeat.

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The "transfer god of twitter" (the same one who broke Bale being offered to Getafe) broke the news which lead to mainstream media reporting it - quoting his own source as an independent journo and MLS expert who himself cites his "own sources say"

It's very much based on your trusting that every story they break is correct, and that when they report something as official and done, it is, even if there is nothing officially mentioned by the people themselves

Lol - as I've said I still don't think it's very likely he is coming and I'm certain he is giving the MLS hard thought and may well end up there, but if there is anything I do feel certain about today it is that there is nothing definitive to go off today. He is still not committed to any one club.

Also seems unbelievable that Bale would let it get to the point where it is a done deal and we as Cardiffians find out via some French gossiper.

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Originally Posted by Divine Wright

You and the media were the ones who built up all this furore around him possibly signing.

Maybe he was just telling the truth regards it being an option...until he had to make a choice.

Grow up for ****s sake and stop acting like a spoilt brat / Real Mardid fan.

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Grow up??

RM fans acting like spoiled brats??

Posing and laughing with Wales Golf Madrid flags while making yourselves millions unlike the huge majority of Madrid fans paying his wages.

He could have ruled us out weeks ago but has chosen the mighty LAFC.

Having been to L.A. It is one of the places i never want to go to again. The extremes of inequality were dreadful and shameful

It's over. The man himself has just confirmed on Twitter and changed his profile picture

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See you soon, Los Angeles. 👊 <a href="https://twitter.com/LAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAFC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/LAFC3252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAFC3252</a> <a href="https://t.co/GVP8WVWLPe">pic.twitter.com/GVP8WVWLPe</a></p>&mdash; Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) <a href="https://twitter.com/GarethBale11/status/1540813308974043136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>