Al Qaeda threatens Spurs over Bale transfer saga The Gareth Bale transfer saga assumed a dangerous dimension at the weekend when terrorist group reportedly threatened to deal with Tottenham Hotspur over the stars move to Real Madrid. There have been so many reports surrounding the Welsh international that it’s been hard to dismiss anything, but international terrorism isn’t something usually associated with the transfer window. According to sportwitness.ni ng, reports on Calciomercato and the Italian media say news agencies picked it up from Abu Dhabi media, with quotes attributed to Ahmed Al Dossari, as threatening Tottenham over the transfer because of their connection with the Jewish community in London. The report quotes Al Qaeda as describing Tottenham as “unscrupulous merchants. Jews who will be punished for their greed by the wrath of God and by the sound ofarms.” Spanish newspaper, Marca, had been annoying enough for Tottenham supporters but to have to deal with Al Qaeda trying to get in on the act is even more irritating, and entirely ridiculous. It said that Al Qaeda could be trying to use the situation to gain publicity, adding, however, that given that the American government has led a shut down of embassies over the last couple of days, “you’d think the terrorist organisation had more to think about than Gareth Bale.” Meanwhile, Bale Monday eased fears he was prepared to go AWOL to push through a world record £100million transfer to Real Madrid. Tottenham’s squad had given extra time off following their pre-season friendly at Monaco on Saturday and there was genuine concern at Spurs that Bale, who missed the game through injury, wouldn’t return as expected Tuesday. His agent, Jonathan Barnett, was quoted in Spanish newspaper AS yesterday saying that the Wales international may not appear. He said, “Bale is very upset with (Manager Andre) Villas-Boas for what he said in Monaco (that the player is going nowhere) and is considering not even going to training this week because right now he is very upset.” When contacted by Standard Sport this morning, Barnett did deny speaking to the Spanish paper. However, he refused to guarantee that Bale would report for training Tuesday. [Source : The Guardian, O Jogo, etc]
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:22:20 +0000
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