Days after Gareth Bale announced that he planned on returning to Real Madrid once his season-long loan with former club Tottenham Hotspur
Only days after Wales international Gareth Bale announced that he planned on returning to Real Madrid once his season-long loan with former club Tottenham expires in September, his agent, Jonathan Barnett, says it’s “too early” to make any kind of decision on the future.
“There’s no timescale,” Barnett told BBC Wales. “He is just concentrating on now.”
Bale, 31, is currently on international duty with Wales. He’s appeared 25 times for Spurs this term across all competitions, scoring 10 goals, including 10 in the league.
Bale joined Real from Spurs in 2013 in what was then a world-record £85.1 million transfer. Although initially featuring well at Spurs, his usage and popularity during his tenure at Los Blancos dwindled drastically over the years due in part to an apparent rift with manager Zinedine Zidane over various reasons. Real won the La Liga title last season but a misplaced, miscreant Bale made just 16 league appearances while often making a mockery of himself in the stands during matches.
Bale’s current contract expires at the end of the 2022 season.
He played 84 minutes in Wales’ 3-1 World Cup qualifying loss to Belgium on Wednesday.