John Toshack "There's something wrong with Bale," the two-time Santiago Bernabeu coach, who is currently in charge of Moroccan side Wydad Casablanca, told Marca. "At Tottenham he was at the centre of their attacks, he played with mobility.
"Bale is much better than he is showing for Real Madrid right now. Much better, not just a bit better. The situation is strange, he doesn't seem happy at all.
"It is true that playing for Real Madrid has a lot of pressure, but that shouldn't be the problem after two years. I see strange things, like Cristiano Ronaldo gestures and the way he looks.
"Injuries have impacted his ability to perform, admittedly. But he is suffering."
He is under performing there for many reasons but the fact he is not the "center" of attacks like in Tottenham is because he is not in "Tottenham" anymore...
Madrid is a bigger team with bigger stars, like Neymar was the center of attacks in Santos but at Barca his role naturally shrank a little since he is not the only or even main threat up front anymore since you have Messi and Suarez there too.
But difference is Neymar has a great ability to evolve and understand the teams style, also he was luckier than Bale when it comes to partners, Messi was definitely more welcoming and they became brothers before being team mates, where as Bale is struggling to even find that team mate spirit off of someone he looked up to before joining and was anxious to set foot on the same pitch with... Ronaldo.
And lets not forget how shameful (for the rest of decent Madrid fans and the Football world) its been by some fans towards Bale, Kicking his car (on separate occasions), constant booing (as with several other Madrid players though they just finally won them the Decima and CDR (on Bales' goal)
I think you add those factors in along with his injuries and you will see that both, stat wise and value on the pitch..Bale was not as bad as some people make it seem to be, but underperformed if we look at his price tag and how he was sold as "The most expensive player ever" (which is a record bound to be broken every couple of years.. as the Sport involves more finance, commercialization and fan bases..etc)
Think it will be very improbable to see both Ronaldo and Bale stay at Madrid for the next season.
