‘Madrid, pass to Bale more!’

The agent of Gareth Bale has hit out at the Real Madrid winger’s team-mates for not passing to him enough.

The Welshman was criticised for passing the ball less times than goalkeeper Iker Casillas in the Champions League semi-final first leg against Juventus last week, but it soon emerged via UEFA statistics that he covered more ground than any of his colleagues.

“We’ve been vindicated by these statistics and it’s what we’ve been saying all along,” the representative told Telegraph Sport.

“It proves that people don’t know what they’re talking about when they criticise Gareth, they are not looking at it properly.

“Real have to work with Gareth and pass the ball to him more. Give him more of the ball and let him show everybody what he’s good at.

“He’s going to be the best player at Real Madrid when his team-mates work with him and help him. Hopefully Real will come to terms with this.

“I’m very upset that professional pundits don’t realise these facts. Instead of criticising, they should look at it more closely because it’s plain to see when you watch the games.

“Most people would have been broken by this but he is determined. He could have screamed and shouted or knocked on the manager [Carlo Ancelotti]’s office door but he doesn’t want to upset anyone.

“I spoke to him on Thursday and while he’s obviously [frustrated] things aren’t going well he is desperate to get out there again.

“Every top club in the world would want to sign him but he will be at Real Madrid next season.

“There’s no way he is going anywhere in the summer. When we said he always wanted to play for Real, it was 100 per cent true and he’s determined to be a success there.”

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