Bale is out of favour with Real manager Zinedine Zidane and played just 48 minutes of Madrid’s 12 games when the Spanish season resumed after the coronavirus lockdown.
Gareth Bale
has accused Real Madrid of making it “very difficult” to leave the Spanish club
as the Wales forward looks to end his Bernabeu exile.
Zidane, who
has feuded with Bale throughout his two spells in charge, said the winger did
not want to play in last season’s Champions League last-16 second-leg tie at
Manchester City.
Bale has two
years left on his Real contract, but there appears little chance he will force
his way into the manager’s plans.
The
31-year-old almost joined Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning in 2019
before Real pulled the plug on the deal, a decision that still irks Bale.
“I think the
club needs to answer that question because I tried to leave last year. They
blocked everything at the last second,” Bale told Sky Sports.
“It was a
project I was excited for last year but it didn’t materialise. There’s been
other instances where we’ve tried to go but the club won’t allow it or done
something.
“So it’s on
the club, I can’t really do anything. I have a contract. All I can do is carry
on what I’m doing and hopefully something comes up.
“But as I
said, it’s in the club’s hands. They make things very difficult to be honest.
Bale became
the world’s most expensive player when he joined Real Madrid from Tottenham for
£85 million ($113 million) in 2013.
He has won
two La Liga titles and four Champions League with Real, but his critics accused
him of showing a lack of respect as his row with the Zidane intensified.
He was
pictured pretending to sleep in the stands and using a roll of wrist tape as a
telescope when he found out he was going to be an unused substitute.
“I want to
play football and I’m still motivated to play football. I’m only 31 and feel
I’m in great shape still,” Bale said.
Bale has been
linked with Tottenham and Manchester United and he will not rule out a return
to the Premier League after seven years away if Madrid are willing to sell him.
“If those
options arise then I’d look at it for sure. We have plenty of time in this
transfer window and I guess a couple of others as well,” he said. “Time will
tell.”
Bale is
currently with Wales on Nations League duty and will captain the team in
Finland on Thursday.
He insisted
he remains unaffected by the controversy in Spain.
“Whatever
goes on at Madrid goes on at Madrid. It doesn’t really affect me,” he said.
“I’ve had plenty of experience to deal with it. It is what it is.”
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