The Gareth Bale 7

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Eight years ago Gareth Bale made the record transfer to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur for £85million. A good move for Real as they won four Champions League titles. But what about Spurs? What did they win? And what did they do with the money?
This is a brief history of Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen, Paulinho, Roberto Soldado, Nacer Chadli, Etienne Capoue, and Vlad Chiriches - The Gareth Bale 7
Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor, illustrated by Craig Silcock
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[@Prederick]

Watching regular Tifo content with Joe's soothing voice after watching the barely restrained insanity that is Tifo IRL is absolutely hilarious. It's like looking at a quiet-seeming office building and then going in to find a fancy dress party where everyone's doing whippets and eating pogs.

[@UTubeMinority]

Yeah Tifo IRL has been an unmitigated success IMO, having the guys have more of their individual personalities on display isn’t what I was expecting but I’m absolutely loving it.

[@bobchipman7737]

@@UTubeMinority i love tifo Irl for that very reasin😍 tifo is very amazing and informative. But tifo IRL is pure bliss

[@nikolasmolin5749]

Im waiting for the off the rails whippets tutorial, where Joe coalesces his raving madness before having an aneurysm as the studio is torn apart by an angry mob chanting, "its coming home"

[@nunger5054]

@@nikolasmolin5749 which would result in the death of many, many men.

[@jbri1]

@@UTubeMinority not sure whether something is an unmitigated success can be an opinion

[@Toomanian]

"He struggled to cope with the expectations that came with the £27m transfer fee" How times have changed

[@borismuller86]

I still remember thinking Shearer’s £15M fee was unbelievable.

[@nifemi_o]

How far back do we wanna go? I remember Roy Keane's ridiculous (at the time) £3.75M british record fee.

[@myduck9962]

@@nifemi_o I thought it was 37.5m

[@OnlyTheJugg]

@@myduck9962 in the 90s lol, that would be astronomical

[@iwantgoals1566]

Ben White is going for more these days, lmao.

[@seanmackenzie1449]

This was like clicking the “where are they now” button on the transfer section in an FM save. Very good

[@aasemahsan]

3:07 Joe's pronunciation of 'Osasuna' cracked me up 😂

[@AlLuiPigus]

It was closer to Botswana actually

[@f.t.wibowo5260]

@@AlLuiPigus Osatsuna or Osatxuna?

[@fidur2]

Osuana lmao

[@santiagofernandezdelcastil1166]

@@f.t.wibowo5260 More like OsaSSuna

[@mosono777]

I live in Botswana and that's what I thought he said

[@haziqbambam]

I'll see you guys in another 7 years when Tifo releases the " The Harry Kane 7" video.

[@mikhailjordanov5863]

Just 3 at most, players are expensive these days

[@ptgram24]

@@mikhailjordanov5863 nah but Kane will be sold for a lot more than Bale’s £85.5mil, there’s also the fact that if we want him to go.

[@olamideadio]

Except that's not happening.

[@mikhailjordanov5863]

@@ptgram24 Bale's 85,5 pounds is not the same value of today .. If we use today's metric, it means that bale was sold for more than 120 million pounds

[@BLABLABLABLABLABL298]

Would you like some Ketchup for all that egg on your face?

[@dude99844]

Ahh, when 27 mil was actually a considerable amount of money for a player. Good times

[@00dude3]

Thanks PSG

[@m.aununu.musaffa7466]

...its more about barcelona / real

[@davidvalencia129]

@@00dude3 ypu fprgot to thank Real Madrid, Man UTD, Barcelona, City, and Chelsea

[@srbtlevse16]

@@00dude3 Real Madrid started it then along came Chelsea and the Sandro Rossell board and together they destroyed the transfer market.

[@Kisarez]

Tammy Abraham just went for 40 mil. No offense, but Tammy Abraham. He has been benched and had some promising times under Lampard for one season but really?

[@fou5160]

Joe's pronunciations are really hit-and-miss. At one time I'd be like "Oh he's great at pronouncing foreign clubs" and a minute later you'll hear "Osuana and Kapoo"

[@linkash4167]

Kapoo is correct, he's French, not Spanish or German.

[@jasontorquato2027]

I had to go to Google to check I wasn't doing it wrong this whole time

[@bhfilmmaking]

That's literally how you pronounce capoue

[@juanjoseph]

Osuana, the caribbean beach paradise lol

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

“Seriously, “AH-SOO-AH-NUH” 😆 I thought he was claiming Soldado scored goals in Botswana. Had to run it back.

[@Felipe_AC]

I am not here to defend the guy just because he's brazilian like me, but because Paulinho was never used how he was supposed to. Comparing him to Lampard just proves my point. When playing for Corinthians, he was mainly a defensive midfilder who would ocasionaly innitiate transitions to counter attacks with short passes to the wingers, and those were the most giffted playmakers of the team. But here is the catch: Those wide players were technical on the ball yet a bit SLOW. Having such players receiving the ball wide gave Paulinho enough time to move inside the opposition box, for both crosses and through passes. That was lethal since at the time, Corinthians had very offensive-minded fullbacks capable of crossing the ball well, and Paulinho had amazing aerial presence. That team also played slow paced possession football at times, wich only favoured Paulinho's slow tempo OFF the ball. If the team lost possession on the attack, he would then press higher to give the team enough time to recover their positions. Often he'd win tackles in front of the opposing goal, meaning free time on the ball to try those long range shots that seduced many, but that only worked for Corinthians style of play, that created scoring chances down the flanks leaving the middle exposed. It was never the case for the Spurs. Since their wingers were fast paced, they would play on transition, also Totenham fullbacks were defensive minded wich meant little to no overlapping down the flanks, and the worse thing for him was how Premier league teams were obssesed with marking, specially in front of their own box, and that took a lot of space away from Paulinho. But of course, in the end he was never as good as Lampard. If he was, everything would've been fine. But anyway, Tottenham signing him was kinda dumb. They bought a very specific TACTICAL player by only analyzing his NUMBERS alone. I doubt they watched any of the Corinthians matches on that season. They didn't even care to. That's how insignificant our "domestic" football is to europeans, i guess... ;3; But much love from Brazil, Tifo. I really enjoy your videos and i wish you all the best!

[@anthonyjudeaggabao2302]

part of me think Levy doesn't wanna sell Kane cause he knows how dumb the signings they made with that Gareth Bale money

[@mvjbass9561]

We have Paratici now so I think they'll be better if Kane does go.

[@our_illumination949]

He doesn't want to sell to City when he knows they can pay his pricetag and still haven't gotten close on any of their bids. He feels that he's being disrespected by City at this point, and I can't blame him.

[@our_illumination949]

At least Eriksen was amazing for Tottenham, until he said _i quit_ after losing the Champion's League final

[@happy_camper]

Chiriches was one of the biggest KZbin highlight reel letdowns I’ve experienced as a Spurs fan. Just look up some older videos of the guy, we thought we were getting Vlad BECKENBAUER.

[@AlLuiPigus]

He does not have the mentality of a succesful sportsman or of a leader. He is weak and passive

[@haninditabudhi6574]

I remember when his agent said that Spurs will be a stepping stone to bigger clubs 🤦‍♂️

[@AlLuiPigus]

@@haninditabudhi6574 sure it was 😂😂😂

[@Ccccc-mi3tr]

@@haninditabudhi6574 he was right. Napoli is a gigantic upgrade

[@kohchungwei]

Lamela will forever be remembered as a rabona merchant *that isn't an insult

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

The guy never used his right foot like it was haram.

[@tipptop9]

I'll remember Lamela for his passion for Spurs, the man always gave his all and I loved his cheeky/sneaky side

[@kohchungwei]

@@tipptop9 as a United fan I didn't like the time he got Tony sent off in the 6-1 😅 but yeah he's definitely got that side to him which he takes full advantage of

[@devononair]

@@kohchungwei I blame the ref there. He didn't actually see the incident yet somehow still decided it was a red card!

[@kohchungwei]

@@devononair yea absolutely

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

Being one of the cheaper of the Gareth Bale 7 always added to my love for Eriksen especially since he was not highly touted and was even on the verge of being let go by Ajax, but then became one the best creators in England only behind De Bruyne imo, vital to Poch's teams and went on to win Serie A. I am not a spurs supporter especially after Poch got fired but I have an eriksen shirt and was so devastated watching that Denmark game in the Euros. Stay strong, happy, and healthy King we need you for 2022 in Qatar even if it is just in the stands cheering the team on. Danish Dynamite!

[@raharditowicaksono1056]

de Bruyne is the Belgian Eriksen

[@Yom_Bristol]

I had no idea he was that cheap. Absolute bargain for spuds

[@mvjbass9561]

There's still a massive Eriksen-shaped hole in our team even now, truly magnificent player and always amazing to watch.

[@sukhdevr3489]

@@mvjbass9561 £55 million Ndombele has 5 goals and 4 assists in 2 years lol.

[@dmur.]

@@sukhdevr3489 Can’t expect Ndombele to put up massive numbers. If you watched him at Lyon he was never gonna be a successful number 10, he’s a number 8 or even a number 6 if there’s someone beside him

[@recluse5122]

3:07 Osuana? No, it's Osasuna.

[@tztmi1083]

i cannot believe he pronounced that wrong😂

[@neoluthuli3254]

I thought I was the only who got that. Let me get this right it's OSA-SU-NA not OSU-ANO?

[@FootballDrawn]

Tottenham should've spent the Bale money on the Athletic subscription. Much better return on investment ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽

[@moumenrezaei1330]

looooooool

[@7bucksnutrition303]

😀😀😀😀

[@wilfordcolbert1333]

haaha

[@LukeDwornikComedy]

Okay Joe, you're not fooling anyone 😂

[@binaffleck3160]

As A Tottenham fan I dread this video and the possibility of it happening again

[@hamgil]

The harry kane 10

[@shahir1395]

@@hamgil in today's market, 150 mil would probably get you 3-4 decent players at best

[@RyanArcane]

Tottenham is $hit

[@13Joelu]

Dread it, run from it, it will arrive all the same ... again ...

[@sonny7194]

Nah paratici will make better signings with the kane money

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

I really want to believe these 7 players meet up every year at an undisclosed location to curse Bale out for linking their names with this transfer forever - preferably over a really poor game of golf. Fantastic idea for a video btw - Kudos Tifo 👏🏽

[@ashutoshmishra8423]

Soldado would probably miss that meeting as well

[@bigbearrecordingstudio7921]

Lamela's illustration DID NOT look like him 😂 but you guys are great, when a critic starts nitpicking that's how you know you're doing pretty much everything right. Keep it up! Been a sub since 10k

[@keenansmith2509]

who are you like

[@RollsReus-tm6hu]

Think the video downplays Eriksen a bit. Wasn’t just a key player for Pochettino, he was arguably Spurs’ best player some seasons even when Kane formally established himself. My memory must also be foggy because I didn’t remember him being on the outs like that at Ajax. I remember, for me, he was by far the most exciting purchase Spurs had made with the Bale money.

[@AlLuiPigus]

I think having Gigi Becali's name mentioned on Tifo together with his imprisonment is rather legendary!

[@moiseiuliancristian]

free gigi! :))

[@kohchungwei]

Didn't Soldado lose a kid upon arrival in London or smtg like that?

[@charanbal9122]

Paulinho was a success in his only season at Barca - regular starter, very consistent, won the double.

[@uncreative5766]

It's still really shocking how far Gareth Bale's fall from grace has been. Watching that solo effort run that lead to giving Real the lead in the 2014 Copa del Rey Final was so fast that I couldn't believe the pace on him. Now seven years and change later, the man is seriously contemplating retirement once his contract ends. It's a real stunner to me.

[@london_james]

Happens to a lot of players. I wonder if it's a mental thing after winning everything and being rich. Or a physical thing where you burn so bright you can't do it your whole career. Examples would be Owen and Ronaldo

[@ritchierich2793]

@@london_james Ronaldo?? More like ronaldinho....

[@london_james]

@@ritchierich2793 Ronaldo has won everything and played at a high fitness, commitment level etc. That's one extreme where the body and mind are willing. Unlike others whose body and mind let them down

[@devononair]

@@london_james They mean Brazilian Ronaldo.

[@london_james]

@@devononair well I tried to pick a player from both extremes. With Owen named I thought they would of guessed I didn't mean Brazilian Ronaldo. How about these two as choices. Ronaldo and Ronaldo

[@slooser]

Lamelas two Rabonas and his constant ball rolls make up for every other failed signing, he is priceless

[@appljuice9]

I know you mainly focus on English football but a similar and interesting video to this would be when Napoli sold cavani and bought higuain, mertens, callejon, and Raul Albiol.

[@devvynneo6486]

Prediction: Gareth will be Madrid’s best player this season

[@kohchungwei]

Bad Prediction imo

[@Pri405]

@@kohchungwei it's good prediction

[@kohchungwei]

@@Pri405 why? He's physically on the verge/brink of breaking... And that's before even taking his mentality into account

[@TmWastr]

I wanna see the classic bale this season

[@rohannaval1621]

@@Pri405 He clearly doesnt want to play football

[@michaelsmith5769]

When Soldado wasn't working out as a striker, he should've been moved to a creative midfielder (like Fabregas when he was at Chelsea). He had the Spanish style slick passing and touches. Ranking the 7 acquisitions: 1. Eriksen diiiiiiiiisssssssstant 2. Lamela 3-7. Everyone else.

[@esior8284]

I want a compilation of Joe saying Osasuna for 10 hours

[@georgebennett9918]

You could do a similar video on Luis suarez’s departure from Liverpool and who the reds brought in to replace him the following season

[@youngrichie]

When Morgan Freeman pops his clogs, there's gotta be some voiceover work going for you Joe. Oh, and that mask of Chriches absolutely did me 🤣

[@goolasmo]

The only real claim to fame Chadli has had since leaving Spurs was finishing that amazing Belgium counter against Japan in the 2018 WC.

[@TheDarkKnightRacist]

Soldado was a great striker back then, his play reminds me a lot of David Villa, he just come to the wrong place and the wrong time, Kane has return that season and just take the wheel as the main man of the team.

[@sponish0]

Kane only got his chance cause soldado was so bad he had to be dropped

[@victorhugomyers9379]

that soldado drawing was funny af great vid btw and COYG

[@TetaBall]

Bale's all pink outfit from that summer was iconic. Tifo really don't miss

[@izusblur]

Love the fact this is released during the Kane speculation

[@colouredIncognito]

That Eriksen portrait makes him look cross-eyed 😂

[@Finn_Lawless]

It looks like Mo Salah.

[@petegeorge1994]

Some serious 'Cheap Panini' style illustrations this time around, fellas 😂

[@bobbyb3543]

Great video and honestly 5-6 are actually pretty solid players.

[@timothytumusiime2903]

That lowkey snark from such a collected voice is

[@MessiVsRonaldofan19]

*Osuana* was my favorite of Soldado’s clubs!!

[@evilotis01]

11.5m for Eriksen is an absolute steal

[@berri2692]

Man I really wanted Soldado to do well, you could tell he was trying but could never get the rub of the green

[@DarylSpykerman]

Love this!

[@DC-hy2rg]

"Because of course it did." Bless you, Tifo.

[@kohchungwei]

Lamela JUST scored a brace for Sevilla 😅

[@sygmaone]

Farmers league 😅

[@archismanchakraborty7395]

@@sygmaone farmers league of a nation with a two euro trophy

[@danielbello7419]

@@sygmaone farmers league but the 2 of the best 4 teams in England has gone to pens with the 7th best team in spain

[@ramal5708]

Next will be The Harry Kane's "insert here how many players"

[@roym2185]

Tbf the Bale money was done in installments over four years iirc. So last installment was in 2016. The Bale money boosted the annual transfer budget over that time. In the 2015 transfer window, hey brought in alderweireld, son, alli and others. Over the longer term (which with the super transfers it has to be) it definitely brought Spurs up a level from a one man team to a good team. Until last season of course :p

[@olamideadio]

The videos nobody knew they needed.

[@1882osr]

I'd suffer it all again just for that rabona. I couldn't care less about the final result, it was worth the 6 years of waiting and no one will ever change my mind on it.

[@cellogang4208]

as a spurs fan, im so sad that so many people that have been playing for us well have been leaving.

[@bilalahmedshariff5576]

Very informative

[@Houndrag]

Paulinho did well at Barcelona, Felt you could talk about him a little more and elaborate on truly how bizzare his story is. But overall, good vide.

[@roryobrien3884]

The Bale 7... that is brilliant.

[@coachhbosoccer]

Paulinho the "South American Frank Lampard" 😂😂😂😂😂what

[@yourmomiskindasmelly]

Bale could actually reach the level of Messi and Ronaldo but sadly he's injured too often ~Ramos

[@areebsiddiqui758]

Slight exxageration

[@kukunase1686]

same as neymar

[@rrraynoorrr]

Nope. The only one who even came close thus far is Neymar. Mbappe MIGHT be able to go close as well. But not Bale. He always seemed like he had the potential to be a great player, but not as great as ronaldo or messi

[@dutchmilk]

Nah.

[@MagiciaNSkyriM]

Great explanation, but never heard of that superclub "Osuana" though.

[@wolfmauler]

"Some of his misses in front of goal remain hard to watch, to this day..." You can say that again!

[@bobchipman7737]

Timo werner carries his spirit ...giod lad 😔

[@dj4play1980]

My favourite was when he missed a tap in that went wide and hit the advertising boards behind the goal and bounced back into the six yard box, he tried to smash it into the goal in frustration and still hit the post.

[@wolfmauler]

@@dj4play1980 😂 Just give up at that point 😬

[@wolfmauler]

@@bobchipman7737 Putting the ball into the stands, 3 yards out from a wide open goal is a rare talent 😂

[@jdml3575]

Osuana > Osasuna

[@SturtH9]

I think you have Pavlyuchenko’s pic instead of Lamela.

[@yourmomiskindasmelly]

Tifo should make more videos on Spurs unless he is an Arsenal fan

[@eddwinmoiane175]

Correction: Roberto Soldado was at Osasuna and not Osuana

[@bens4602]

THAT MAGNIFICENT SEVEN COVER 😍😍

[@mapalozimba2107]

The thumbnail is excellent

[@nathantomkins2329]

This was a good video, would have liked to know how they impacted Spurs each season abit more tho, like where Spurs finished n stuff like that, ml tho 🙏

[@chigozieagwuncha2166]

Sad that Eriksen had to be named in this list of players. Alone, his eventual legacy for the club meant he was worth most, if not all, of the money from the sale of Gareth Bale. Was to Kane what Lampard was to Drogba/what Gerrard was to Torres.

[@michaelsmith5769]

Well, he was one of the 7 bought with the money that came from selling Bale.

[@ParkersGardens]

I flippin' love Sensible Transfer season 🎉

[@misterkunnyfunt]

The Gareth Bale 7 with their debut album "Wales, Golf, Madrid (in that order)" Out now!

[@coachhbosoccer]

Chadli leaving even for the £ never made sense, he was important for that squad

[@jamesardley6704]

The thumbnail is class 🤣

[@felipealmeida8953]

Tottenham were really unlucky with Paulinho. Even though the comparison with Lampard being outright ridiculous he's been a great player throughout his career tying Neymar for Brazil's top scorer in the 2018 WC qualifiers, and in my opinion the best player I've ever seen in making late runs into the box. Unfortunately for us, he chose financial stability of Chinese football over the spotlight of PL or European football. Anyways, put some respect on Paulinho's name!

[@rmmm4268]

I remember the praise they got for the signings they made. Looking back at it obviously a lot of them flopped, but at the time these were wonderul players.

[@NicholasMcIlveen]

Thanks for remembering to tell us how much Spurs spent on Erik Lamela

[@nEiKKah]

Why is nobody able to pronounce Chiriches's name right? It's simple, it sounds exactly like Kiri-kesh, even easier than most of how people try to say it.

[@andrew7taylor]

I still think this was good business for Tottenham. They couldn't have replaced Bale with a similar level player. Spurs wasn't a destination for superstars then and it isn't now. So they've bought a bunch of players who could've grown into superstars like Bale did. And I think Eriksen was, even if they didn't turn such enormous profit on him like they did on Bale.

[@muhammedgamal5871]

A known story well telled as usual

[@cfcmoi11]

In reality all of those 7 signings haven't lived up to life and all haven't replaced Bale

[@abrahamlunchtime5421]

Son?

[@cfcmoi11]

@@abrahamlunchtime5421 No

[@tjames336]

Chiriches was such a crazy, crazy man for Spurs.

[@christ14n68]

I remember the nicknames like Mad Vlad and Vlad Carcrash that arose for him at the time

[@coachhbosoccer]

Yo TiFO where's the Coutinho 7 video?? 🤔

[@theportugueselegend]

The thing is Tottenham has problems other clubs in the big 6 don't have. Tottenham is the only big 6 club with an English owner and investor, so they still gotta portray good numbers. They might have bought 7 players there, but the salaries were minimal because the competition was almost none.

[@bigc181]

Felt like a HITC Sevens video

[@Pri405]

Bale Modric 😍all have come from spurs💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@footballchannel12353]

The Rabona king😁

[@Ese96Agoaye]

One thing I remember about Chiriches is people likening him to the Richard guy from the first Inbetweeners film

[@fahdzaa]

How can i contact Tifo?? Thanks in advance!

[@nagys001]

that Gareth Bale illustration looks way more like Jorginho to me

[@draydyoc857]

Excellent content and topic to cover,but that Gareth Bale animation....I guess it looks vaguely like him.

[@richardlees9349]

Just FYI, Chadli's goal for WBA against Tottenham wasn't an equaliser, it actually put them 1-0 up. Dele's equaliser to make it 1-1 was indeed very late on, however.

[@weston7trillion]

Tifo Football does 'Where are they now?'

[@WaniZame]

The likeness of the illustrations seems to have gone down recently even if the quality is better (look less luke traces). Lamela and Bale were well off.

[@tomsweeney7922]

nah Bale was okay, Lamela was sketch though

[@adamspringler5797]

Without the bun I never realized how much pique and bake look alike

[@rossl5908]

1:12 Eric Lamela? Looks more like Eric Foreman

[@lukemclellan2141]

"osuana"? I've been a subscriber since the umaxit days and I am convinced that Joe doesn't even like football.

[@bloody182]

Possible to do one on failure of Bale on his loan return back to Spurs under JM ?

[@ROS3NROT]

I already heard this guy pronounce Osasuna as Osuana twice. Cmon really?!

[@breconcameron732]

This seems exactly like a hitc sevens video

[@diego-dias]

please make this 3:07 a regular bit where Joe calls Osasuna "Botswana" every time and no one ever acknowledges it

[@T-Rizzle808]

Why does the bale illustration look more like Pique than bale?

[@hammadahmed8690]

You guys have drawn faces of the footballers due to copyright issues?

[@LucianC137]

Lamela was underrated.

[@ritchierich2793]

2:43 lmfao why does that illustration looks like WWE's Triple H as the riddle??

[@MatthewGClarke]

Christian Eriksen channeling Thom Yorke there