Gareth Bale's agent hits out at 'so-called experts' | OneFootball

Gareth Bale’s agent has hit back at “media experts” who have criticised his client and the Welshman’s relationship with Real Madrid.

Bale has been bothering the back pages for a year now with constant rumours that he will leave Los Blancos.

A move to China looked to be in the offing last summer only for the deal to be binned at the last minute.

But Jonathan Barnett, who represents the forward, has called out journalists for claiming that Bale has a bad relationship with the club and coach Zinedine Zidane.

“Nothing bad has ever come out of Real Madrid about Gareth Bale, and Zidane has never said anything bad about Gareth Bale, but the press keep on making things up,” Barnett told talkSPORT.

“So-called ‘experts’ come on television time and time again and say things like ‘the biggest problem with Gareth Bale is that he doesn’t speak Spanish, and it’s a disgrace’. Those people have never met him, and never asked anybody, so I have no idea where they get this opinion.

“Gareth Bale speaks Spanish, so I don’t want to hear these so-called ‘experts’ who make complete idiots of themselves when they come on TV to speak rubbish.

“And I also blame the TV companies for bringing these so-called ‘experts’ on; how can these ‘experts’ on Gareth Bale speak about Gareth Bale when they’ve, a) never met him, and b) wouldn’t even recognise him half the time. It’s a joke!”

“[His relationship with the club] always been good. I’ve had the most fantastic relationship with the president, the chief executive and Zidane.

“We’ve obviously said words with each other, but everybody has an argument or so. But it’s never been personal and its never been bad, and we are all on good speaking terms.”