Gareth Bale in 2011

I am Man City in summer transfer window in 2010, bale is at wigan who just got relegated so i thought i could buy him, maybe for the future. He is 21 in it now. My scout say he would only be a decent signing and is playing at close to his full potential. I can see that they aren't as good as they can be but even if i buy him has he missed the chance to reach his full potential?

I meant his stats aren't as good as they can be and as good as I have seen them if i bought him when he was younger and trained him.

how much do you think you can get him for?

who do you have at left back atm?

I have garrido and apam, apam was starting most of last season.

I only took over last season so I hadnt bought most of the squad, which was quite different to the start of the game.

i could probably get him for 7 or 8 mil, pounds.

I was wondering in general though, can a player miss their chance to reach their full potential if they are trained badly while they are young?

yes, also what sort of competitions they have been playing in. remember Bale is a -9 which means he may only have 150 PA so maybe he is only decent. a good signing is 160+ great asset 170+

this depends on your scouts ability and who you currently have in LB

21 is still young he will probably keep developing until he's at least 24ish so with the right traing could still be a good purchase.i would say buy him.

Buy.

got him for 8.5mil. Will probably be getting Kolarov for first team.