The day you get Bale that easily is the day Ronaldo returns to Old Trafford as well
Dunno if Bale could replace Ronaldo but was the closest thing to him in the PL. Those long range shots by Bale are magnificent, yesterday he seemed to scared to have a shot just so that the crowd or Ronaldo get pissed of. Ronaldo really let his competition with Messi get to him, now he only cares about his personal records more than the team, and he keeps flirting with United as even he knows that when he declines Madrid will get tired of him and we may be stupid to pay his wages when he's declining. Then you've got Messi who lets Suarez steal his goals to aid his settling in.