After reports emerged that Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale was a top target for several clubs across Europe, including in the Australian league, it looks as though he could be set to stay at Madrid for the coming season. The Wales international winger spent last season in the English Premier League on loan at Tottenham Hotspur where he made a great impression even though he was not allowed to play in as many games as he would have loved to under former Spurs manager José Mourinho. Bale's time at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium was quite a mixed one and even after scoring a couple of goals for the London club, they decided against signing him permanently.

Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has reportedly let his desire known that he is not willing to extend his stay at the club. The former Chelsea midfield star has long been linked with an exit from Old Trafford after falling down the pecking order under manager Olé Gunnar Solksjær and has been looking for another club he can join as long as he can be promised that he will have more playing time than he is currently getting with the Red Devils.

Matic is already nearing the final few months of his current contract and has not been offered a fresh deal by United as he continues to edge closer to an exit from the club. It was reported some days ago that former Manchester United and Chelsea manager José Mourinho was highly interested in signing the player for AS Roma after recently accepting the Italian club's offer to be their new boss.

Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale is a man whose future remains uncertain currently and the attacker has continued to remain coy over where he will be playing his football next season. Bale decided to leave Real Madrid after a torrid time at the Los Blancos where he had a fall-out with manager Zinedine Zidane and was eventually left out of the first team.
After some months without playing football at Real Madrid, he was signed by English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur where he spent last season on loan.

At Tottenham, Bale became a rejuvenated player and proved himself as one of the best attackers at the club. Alongside Kane, they combined for a couple of goals for Tottenham but were unfortunately not able to end the season in the top four.

It's expected to be a heated clash when the Mariners host Melbourne Victory on matchday 19 in the Australian A-League on Sunday and there are a couple of reasons why it's going to be not just an important tie, but also an interesting one as well. Marco Urena is expected to miss the match through suspension following his sending off in their defeat against Brisbane on Wednesday. However, Alen Stajcic will be excited that he will be able to call upon attacker Alou Kuol who is now available to feature in the match after falling I'll and missing the Wednesday game.

It will be the fourth time the Mariners will be playing a fixture in just 15 days but after the match, they will have enough time to rest (10 days) until they travel to Brisbane to take the Roar yet again on the 20th matchday.

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has his future up in the air and is still not sure of where he will be playing his football next season, according to several reports. The Wales international midfielder is currently on loan at the Tottenham Hotspot Stadium from Real Madrid and only signed for the London club in the summer after falling out with Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane.

Bale's decision to leave the Santiago Bernabeu for Spurs temporarily in the summer was aided by his desire to play more minutes of football, but he has not actually played in as many games as he would have wanted. Tottenham manager José Mourinho has sparingly used him in Premier League games this season and has preferred him more in Europa League fixtures instead - something the player himself is not very happy with.

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has his future up in the air and is still not sure of where he will be playing his football next season, according to several reports. The Wales international midfielder is currently on loan at the Tottenham Hotspot Stadium from Real Madrid and only signed for the London club in the summer after falling out with Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane.

The Australian A-League witnessed one of its most exciting football matches that were played between two of the League's standout teams in Western Sydney and Wellington Phoenix. The game was a 7-goal thriller and featured a lot of exciting bits from all angles of the pitch. Although Phoenix ended up on the losing side, it may not be thought of for long given how much excitement the match produced.

The two clubs who both occupy the bottom positions in the league table will go head to head as they face off in their Match week 9 clash. Phoenix who are the 11th team in the table will be traveling to Victory who are at the rock-bottom of the league table and are on a run of three games that have all ended in losses.

Wellington drew their last game after losing their two games before that one. Their draw came against Western Sydney Wanderers earlier in the match week. The team managed by Ufuk Talay needed to put in a great performance to secure the draw after they went 2-1 down despite being the first team to score in the tie. They would then go on to score an equalizer to ensure that the spoils are shared between them and their rivals.

Australia goalkeeper Matt Ryan impressed on his debut for Arsenal at the weekend during the disappointing loss to Aston Villa in the Premier League. He made his debut for the Gunners during the game played at Villa Park to become player no. 880 to play for the North London outfit.

The Australia national team goalkeeper has been vocal about how he supported Arsenal as a boy in his native Australia. He was handed the chance to play for the team he supported while growing up following his row with Brighton and Hove Albion boss Graham Potter. Matt Ryan had been the first choice shot stopper at Brighton before Graham Potter made the decision to drop him from his starting XI earlier this season.

Australia national team goalkeeper Mat Ryan waxed lyrical about how he supported Premier League giants Arsenal as a boy upon joining them earlier this month.

Mat Ryan fell out of favour with manager Graham Potter at Brighton and he had to leave the club to secure the opportunity of playing regular football.