{"id":409993,"date":"2011-04-30T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/italian-clubs-should-not-sign-over-rated-tottenham-star-gareth-bale-%e2%80%93-claudio-gentile\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T13:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T13:12:00","slug":"italian-clubs-should-not-sign-over-rated-tottenham-star-gareth-bale-claudio-gentile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/italian-clubs-should-not-sign-over-rated-tottenham-star-gareth-bale-claudio-gentile\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian clubs should not sign &#8216;over-rated&#8217; Tottenham star Gareth Bale \u2013 Claudio Gentile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Joel Lamy<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Apr 2011 14:12:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.5983851675\">\n<div readability=\"13.2362637363\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/65401fcc127950_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"32.7991169978\">Italy\u2019s World Cup winning defender Claudio Gentile has urged Serie A\u2019s big clubs not to try and sign <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/13913\/gareth-bale\">Gareth Bal<\/a>e in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Bale was recently voted PFA Player of the Year after an impressive season which has seen him, most notably, hit a stunning hat-trick at San Siro against defending champions Inter in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Bale has many admirers throughout Europe, with reports saying Chelsea will make a \u00a340 million bid for the Welsh winger, but Gentile, who is famous for shackling Diego Maradona in the 1982 World Cup, is not among them.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned hard-man told the <em>Mirror<\/em>: \u201cI do not think Gareth Bale is a champion. He\u2019s over-rated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His name appeared in the limelight only because he scored three goals in the Champions League match against Inter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the kind of player that makes you step up to another level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This season, Bale has scored 11 goals in all competitions and he is currently ranked 58th in the <a href=\"http:\/\/cn.castrolfootball.com\/\">Castrol EDGE Rankings<\/a> above the likes of Franck Ribery (60th), Didier Drogba (70th) and Cesc Fabregas (91st).<\/p>\n<p>However, the Welshman and Spurs face a battle if they are to qualify for next season&#8217;s Champions League. They are currently sitting in fifth place in the Premier League four points behind Manchester City with just five games to play, and face a daunting trip to Chelsea this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_229.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/30\/2464997\/italian-clubs-should-not-sign-over-rated-tottenham-star\" title=\"Italian clubs should not sign 'over-rated' Tottenham star Gareth Bale \u2013 Claudio Gentile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Italian clubs should not sign &#8216;over-rated&#8217; Tottenham star Gareth Bale \u2013 Claudio Gentile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Joel Lamy 30 Apr 2011 14:12:00 Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur Related Links Teams Players Italy\u2019s World Cup winning defender Claudio Gentile has urged Serie A\u2019s big clubs not to try and sign Tottenham Hotspur &#8216;s Gareth Bal e in the summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":409994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-409993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Italian clubs should not sign &#039;over-rated&#039; 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