Liverpool legend Ian Rush is stunned by Real Madrid fans' treatment of Gareth Bale.
Bale is expected to leave Real this summer.
"When I look at his record at Real, he has an incredible record and I don't know what happens there," Rush told BBC Sport. "At the end of the day, he's got to go where he wants to go. Clubs don't tell him where to go."
Without stating if he had inside knowledge or not, Rush then went on to say that Bale would like a return to English football, despite having previously said that it would be a 'backward step' to do so.
"If Gareth wants to stay there, stay there. But I'm sure if he wants to come back, there'll be lots of clubs after him.
"I think people are seeing things that I haven't been seeing.
"They should be applauding Gareth Bale because I was there last year [for the 2018 Champions League final in Kiev] - he scored a wonder goal against Liverpool.
"As soon as he came on as sub, I knew he was going to score, but I didn't think he'd score a goal that good and they should be saying to him, 'Thank you so much for your service'."