• Gareth Bale during Real Madrid's Champions League last 16 first leg defeat to Manchester City. Getty Images
    Gareth Bale during Real Madrid's Champions League last 16 first leg defeat to Manchester City. Getty Images
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    Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
  • Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
    Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
  • Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
    Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
  • Gareth Bale takes a shot at goal against Manchester City. Reuters
    Gareth Bale takes a shot at goal against Manchester City. Reuters
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    Gareth Bale, right, on the Real Madris bench against Manchester City. PA
  • Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
    Gareth Bale takes part in a training session before Real Madrid's Champions League match against Manchester City. Reuters
  • Gareth Bale during Real Madrid's La Liga game Celta de Vigo. AFP
    Gareth Bale during Real Madrid's La Liga game Celta de Vigo. AFP
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    Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale celebrates with Marco Asensio after scoring in the International Champions Cup match against Arsenal. AFP
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    Gareth Bale scores an overhead kick against Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final. Getty Images
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    Gareth Bale, right, of Real Madrid beats Marc Bartra of Barcelona during the 2014 Copa del Rey final. Getty Images
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    Gareth Bale takes a shot against Atletico Madrid during the 2014 Champions League final. Getty

Real Madrid fans 'disgraceful' in treatment of Gareth Bale, says agent


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Gareth Bale's agent has accused Real Madrid fans of "disgraceful" behaviour in their treatment of the Welsh forward and believes his client will be "so successful" at Tottenham that a permanent move will be inevitable.

Bale, 31, has returned to Tottenham on a loan deal, having left the Premier League club in 2013 for a then world-record fee of £85 million (Dh399.6m).

The Wales captain, whose contract with Madrid runs until 2022, won four Champions League crowns and two La Liga titles in Spain.

He is also the all-time top-scoring British player in La Liga, with 80 goals in 171 league appearances.

But he fell out with manager Zinedine Zidane and on a number of occasions was subject to booing from sections of the Madrid support.

His agent, Jonathan Barnett, said Bale had not been treated with the respect he deserved.

"In my opinion, he wasn't treated correctly for somebody who's done so much for a great club," Barnett told the BBC.

"I think that things were wrong. It's hard to put one finger on it but I think somebody who has achieved what he has achieved for a club, in seven years, should have been treated better.

Gareth Bale poses in his new Tottenham shirt after completing a loan move back to his former club. Getty
Gareth Bale poses in his new Tottenham shirt after completing a loan move back to his former club. Getty

"I don't want to blame anybody or go into it. I think what the fans did was disgraceful and the club didn't help. That's all I really want to get into."

Barnett hopes the move will restore Bale's love of football once he is fit for action, expected to be next month.

Bale has agreed a season-long loan at Spurs but Barnett said he hoped the forward could stay longer.

"Hopefully the subject [of returning to Real] won't come up," he said. "He will be so successful at Tottenham he'll want to stay and it will be a simple deal to do the rest."