Real Madrid’s dressing room close to ‘mutiny’ over Gareth Bale’s ‘air of grandeur’
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GARETH BALE is reportedly on the brink of falling out with the rest of the Real Madrid squad.
A report in Barcelona-based newspaper has today claimed that "heavyweights of the Madrid dressing room" allegedly are not enjoying Bale's renewed "air of grandeur" after recent good performances.
The piece adds: "What's more, they have not liked that he is now at the door of president Florentino Perez asking for an improved contract that, according to some of his teammates, doesn't correspond to his performances in recent years"
The Welsh hero from Euro 2016, 27, has struggled to settle in the Spanish capital after first arriving in 2013 from Tottenham - at the time the most expensive player in the world before Paul Pogba signed for Manchester United this summer.
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But Bale was in sparkling form for the club in La Liga last season, repeatedly winning them games as they chased down Barcelona in a tense title race that they ultimately lost by one point.
Indeed, he averaged more goals per 90 minutes than Cristiano Ronaldo as he shone under Zinedine Zidane's direction last term.
And into the start of this season, Bale has continued that great form into the start of this season, scoring twice on the opening day, while Portuguese star Ronaldo still suffers with injuries from Euro 2016.
Sport, which is known to be more than a bit partisan, claim that "a bomb is ready to go off" in the dressing room and that "the detonator is already ticking down" - but it is best to take what they say with a large pinch of salt.