Gareth Bale says things were worse at Spurs under Harry Redknapp than recent Real Madrid nightmare
GARETH BALE has revealed being benched by Harry Redknapp for a year was worse than his last 12 months at Real Madrid.
Tottenham bizarrely failed to win any of the first 24 Premier League games he was involved in and he was benched for the better part of a year at White Hart Lane during an injury-hit start.
Bale is back in the goals again and back in favour among the notoriously fickle Madridistas.
His brace at Villarreal helped his side to a point, where they have made an OK start with a win and two draws.
But he says he drowned out all the noise throughout the summer over his future.
He added: "I don’t listen because they don’t know what they’re on about! I don’t read anything. Most people don’t know the situation.
"It didn’t impact me too much, I had a great summer holidays.
"I kept my head down in pre-season and there was a lot of talk, good and bad, but I just kept working hard in training.
"Things that happened will stay private at the club but if you want answers maybe you need to ask Real Madrid."
