Wales manager Rob Page thinks it is important that Gareth Bale’s next club gives him special treatment ahead of this winter’s World Cup.
Bale is set to leave Real Madrid this month upon the expiry of his contract. He has been with them for nine years.
He is pondering his next move before the Qatar World Cup starts in November.
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Hometown club Cardiff, Newcastle and MLS teams in the United States have all been touted as potential destinations but, wherever Bale ends up, Page believes the 32-year-old should be managed carefully.
Bale had a lengthy list of injuries during his final years in Spain, but has more often than not managed to be fit to play for Wales.
Page said: “I have said that to Aaron (Ramsey) and Gareth (about being managed), because clubs must be looking at it thinking, ‘How can they do that for their country?’
“Don’t get me wrong, I have been a club manager myself and it is hard.
“When you are trying to create that environment and you have got other world-class players around you.
“It is harder to do that at a club where you do have to have that blanket over the players and say, ‘This is how we are going to do things and train today’.
“No disrespect to our changing rooms, but we haven’t got 10 other Gareth Bales.
“That is going to be his difficulty, finding someone who will manage him like that. He has to take that responsibility himself. That will determine then whether he plays a lot of football.
“Because if he is not able to train like that through the week, the manager at his respective club might not want to select him at the weekend.
“For me it is a common sense approach, it is looking after him throughout the week to make sure he is available for selection for the weekend.”
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Page insists that Bale – who is set to be rested for Wales’ Nations League game against Holland in Cardiff on Wednesday – still has the capability to play Premier League football.
But Cardiff, who are in the Sky Bet Championship, may be better suited to allowing Bale a free hand to decide when he plays.
Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett has refused to rule out the possibility of a move to the Welsh capital, saying in a recent interview that “what Gareth does next is…
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