Gareth Bale: Agent explains Zinedine Zidane feud at Real Madrid was down to style of play

Gareth Bale: Agent explains Zinedine Zidane feud at Real Madrid was down to style of play
Gareth Bales agent has revealed the Real Madrid forwards feud with Zinedine Zidane was down to Los Blancos’ style of play.The 29-year-olds future at the LaLiga club was thrown into doubt when Zidane was brought back to the Bernabeu.3

Gareth Bale and Zinedine Zidane reportedly did not see eye-to-eye

The former France World Cup winner won three successive Champions League titles with Madrid before leaving last summer.They have struggled this season, though, after crashing out of the European competition at the last-16 stage and are 12 points behind Barcelona in LaLiga.3

Bale has been linked with a move away from Madrid

Santiago Solari was replaced by Zidane, who returned for a second spell in charge earlier this week, but one man who may not be happy with his return is Bale.The two reportedly failed to see eye-to-eye but Bales agent, Jonathan Barnett, claims he is fine with his return even though they have not spoken since last seasons Champions League final.3

Zidane has returned to Madrid

Gareth wanted to play one way and Zidane wanted him to play another, Barnett told BBCs Football Daily podcast.Over the period of time it just got worse. The Wales international has been linked with a move away from Spain but Barnett claims his client wants to see out the rest of his career at the club.He wants to play all of his career for Real Madrid. If it doesnt work out, we will talk again, Barnett added.

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He is very happy. He will talk to Zinedine Zidane and we will go from there.If you let him play how he wants to play, and have an run of games, he can be right up there.

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