#2 Injury prone
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The fact that Gareth Bale is yet to leave a deep mark in the history books of Real Madrid is due to his numerous injuries. Right now, the Welshman is recovering from an ankle injury that he received in December last year and is expected to be out till Real Madrid’s next Champions League match.
This is just his most recent injury; he has been injured six more times ever since he joined the club in September 2013. He has already missed 175 days of football and 36 games in the process for the club, and the number is constantly on the rise. All this in the space of a mere three-and-a-half years.
36 games in three-and-a-half-years. That is just two short of the number of league games Real Madrid play every season.
In contrast, his Portuguese teammate has missed only 34 games. It might seem like the term ‘only’ has been used as a measure to derogate Gareth Bale, but it is not: Cristiano Ronaldo is in his 8th season with the club and has been injured for two games less than Bale despite being at Real Madrid for four years more.
Fitness is among the many reasons why the former Manchester United man can do what he does. The Portugal captain has never been injured for more than 60 days and it is for this reason that he has scored 50 or more goals for the Whites for the last six seasons in a row.
And the Welshman is yet to hit 25 in one season.
