10 Premier League Transfers That Would Change Everything

He has had a tough year in Spain's Primera division, and a move to the UK would see him more appreciated and back to his best. The main issue for him is positioning. At Tottenham Hotspur, the team was completely built around him. At Real, he slots in alongside some of the best attacking players in the world.

And Bale has not necessarily done badly this season, but Real’s slump was blamed on Bale, one paper even calling him a ‘lazy loner’ as he struggled for possession and influence in the game. He thrives when being played to his strengths, but lacks the adaptability to really shine bright enough alongside other diamonds.

Being the world’s most expensive football player at £85.3 million, and earning £15 million a year in wages, who can really afford him? None of the English clubs, have the same kind of wealth as Real or Barcelona – despite a lot of misinformation that Man City and Chelsea are bottomless pits of wealth – not true, Manchester United are the wealthiest club in Britain still.

The new TV revenue may make it possible to turn those tables. That, coupled with a greater distribution of TV income among the Spanish clubs, thus eradicating the complete dominance of Real and Barca – which has rendered Spanish football rather boring and predictable for too long now – might lead to a more level playing field.