Flamboyant Welsh winger Gareth Bale spent the 2020\/21 season on loan in north London but a return next campaign now looks unlike as freshly-appointed Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has dealt Tottenham\u2019s chances of re-signing Gareth Bale a potential blow, having admitted that he sees the latter\u2019s future in Spain and not in north London.<\/p>\n
The multiple-award-winning Italian left Spurs\u2019 Premier League rivals, Everton, on Tuesday, and was immediately parachuted into the Santiago Bernabeu after a six-year hiatus.<\/p>\n
Ancelotti had actually arrived at the club originally in the same summer as Bale\u2019s big-money transfer from White Hart Lane, coaching him for two seasons before being shown the exit.<\/p>\n
The Welshman\u2019s career spiraled calamitously downwards since, being starved of game time before being sent out on-loan to Tottenham for the 2020\/21 campaign, where he still managed to net 16 goals in 34 outings.<\/p>\n
That revival in form triggered calls for Bale to remain with Spurs – but Ancelotti appears to have halted those hopes since being officially confirmed as the new Real Madrid boss.<\/p>\n
Talking in his first press conference since returning to Real, he said: “Gareth has not played much in the Premier League, but he scored lots of goals, was very effective in recent games when he had a chance to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is coming back, I know him very well, he will be motivated to play better and have a great season, no doubt.”<\/p>\n
Prior to Ancelloti\u2019s re-appointment as the Los Blancos boss, Bale\u2019s future seemingly looked like it was heading for the Real Madrid exit door – which could happen considering that he has just one year remaining on his most recent deal \u2013 but the highly-respected Italian admitted that he will give the winger a chance to impress.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of love still for Gareth [Bale], Isco, Marcelo\u2026 they will have motivation to show they can still play for Real Madrid,\u201d the former Everton and Chelsea boss said.<\/p>\n
“With this squad, without loan players like Bale, Odegaard and Ceballos, Madrid reached UCL semis and fought for La Liga. So we have the players to win trophies.”<\/p>\n
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