Tag Archives: Gareth Bale

Brennan Johnson: The man to fill Wales’ Gareth Bale-shaped void

Johnson at center of Wales’ plans going forward – Reuters/Paul Childs It doesn’t take much investigative acumen to uncover the identity of the man known only as “Player A” in the written reasons for Nottingham Forest’s four-point deduction. The mystery was effectively solved on the second page of the 50-page document, where “Player A” was… Read More »

Gareth Bale’s manager and Ballyburn owner: I prefer to switch to regular season as transfer window is closed

David Manasseh, football manager and racehorse owner, in his Mayfair office – Geoff Pugh for The Telegraph The Mayfair office of David Manasseh, part owner of Gallagher Novices’ Hurdle favorite Ballyburn, does not disappoint. It’s everything you’d hope a football super manager’s office would be, except the walls aren’t full of player photos. There’s a… Read More »

Gareth Bale ‘curses’ Chelsea with cautionary tale over Mykhailo Mudryk’s future

Sir Alex Ferguson once told Harry Redknapp that he should stop playing Gareth Bale. Perhaps there was some mischief in the words that Redknapp overlooked, but the Welshman had a 24-game winless streak at the start of his Tottenham Hotspur career, which had earned him a reputation as a hapless charmer. Mauricio Pochettino was never… Read More »