The cynics among you may argue that, at the present moment, it’s more likely Aaron Ramsey will be playing for Tottenham Hotspur next season than Gareth Bale.
While the Real Madrid loanee continues to underwhelm in north London, his chances of a long-term contract decreasing with every misplaced pass and ineffectual cameo, TuttoJuve claims his Welsh international teammate could also be set for a shock return to the English capital.
How former Arsenal favourite Ramsey feels about joining his former club’s bitter rival remains to be seen.
But, with Juventus willing to sell for somewhere between £9 million and £14 million, Spurs are in no position to overlook a thrusting, prowling attacking midfielder who would ease the crushing burden of responsibility on the shoulders of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.
Tanguy Ndombele, Giovani Lo Celso, Erik Lamela, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Harry Winks and Dele Alli have scored just five Premier League goals between them in 2020/21 after all.
Ramsey, meanwhile, averaged about eight a season in his final six years at Arsenal before Unai Emery decided, for some mysterious reason, that a team lacking in attacking thrust could do without a man famed for his perfectly timed penalty-box bursts.
And, if Bale wants to play alongside one of his closest footballing friends week in, week out at Tottenham, this would be a good time to rediscover the spark that has been lacking during his second spell at Spurs.
“Aaron is one of the best I have played with,” Bale told The Times in 2016, just before he and Ramsey took the Euros by storm during Wales’ storming run to the semi-finals.
“He has so much ability and is one of the very best midfielders. He has relished the chance to play in a major tournament, and he has shown it.”
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