The representatives of Real Madrid s out-of-favour star Gareth Bale have been sounding out options for the winger to move to the MLS, but according to , at least one American club has already rejected their advances. What s more, it seems the trend of the USA clubs signing declining world-class stars is gradually ending.
There is no possible way to asses with any certainty how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the reasoning of clubs when selling expensive players. They could choose to keep them if they aren t willing to cash in smaller amounts than they had previously hoped to get, or they could accept lower offers with the aim being to trim down their wage bills.
That, however, isn t the reason behind the change in the approach of the MLS clubs. It seems that they ve r…