What If Bale Leaves?

The question I'm sure many fantasy football managers fear, but some will embrace it. The thing is, who is going to fill that Bale shaped hole left in the centre of your team? Well for starters, it depends on your formation. If like myself you're currently adopting the 4-5-1, it opens up the opportunity to resort back to everyone's favourite default formation, the 4-4-2. The list of striking options available for Bale's starting price of 9.2million isn't bad. But it's not the greatest either.

1. Giroud ARS 9.2
2. Hernandez MNU 9.0
3. Jovetic MNC 8.9
4. Cisse NEW 8.9
5. Berbatov FUL 8.7
6. Lukaku CHE 8.6
7. Lambert SOT 8.6

Only half the list are nailed on starters for their respective teams and with the unpredictable rotation policies at the bigger clubs, it may be a risk to pick the likes of Jovetic and Lukaku just yet.

If you're looking to pick up a like-for-like replacement for the Welshman then your midfield options are looking pretty good, any midfielder you pick will give you at least an extra 0.7million to put in your bank for later. That's pretty good when you consider that you can fit the likes of Mata, Cazorla and Hazard in.

If for whatever reason you feel that now your best midfielder is no longer available, you need to sure up the back line or buy a new keeper then I advise you take a cold shower and seek medical attention immediately.

If a player holding that kind of value did depart then it opens up many options for reconfiguring your team. Bringing in a 6.2mil replacement like Sessegnon would give you 3mil to work with. Perhaps meaning you can afford that striker who was eluding you or improve several players elsewhere.

Of course if Bale remains at Spurs then this whole post become irrelevant and everyone just carries on as per-usual. Until January, when I can bombard you with this post again. *Evil maniacal laugh*