(Image: SIPA USA/PA Images)But Van der Vaart, who played alongside Bale at Spurs, feels the winger should stick it out in Madrid - and has explained why. “It’s strange, but in Holland we say that sometimes you need to be an a***hole,” Van der Vaart told Standard Sport . But I know Real is a difficult club if you don’t perform. It doesn’t matter if you’re Ronaldo, Bale or Van der Vaart — they’ll throw you out after just one year. “You have to deal with it — and I don’t know if he can do that.

Source: Daily Mirror March 28, 2019 09:11 UTC