Gareth Bale can become Real Madrid’s most important player now
As Cristiano Ronaldo continues to adapt his game, Gareth Bale has the chance to become Real Madrid’s most important attacking player, writes Adam Bate.
According to Guillem Balague, it was only when it became apparent that Cristiano Ronaldo was likely to be staying at Real Madrid this summer that Robert Lewandowski cooled on the idea of signing for the Spanish club. It was the "enormous potential of a Bale-Lewandowski partnership that appealed" to the Pole. Competing with Ronaldo was a different matter.