According to those who know
him, Gareth Bale remains a
down-to-earth kind of
footballer.
For example, when he plays
for Wales in Cardiff, he still
gets his mum Debbie to
record the game so that he
can go ‘home’ afterwards and
watch it.
Success, they say, hasn’t
changed him much. Even he,
though, must have found his
head swirling on Tuesday
when the front page of
Spanish sports paper Marca
claimed — somewhat
prematurely it appears — that
he has agreed a six-year deal
to join Real Madrid.
Bale, remember, wasn’t even
a regular in the Tottenham
team when Harry Redknapp
arrived at White Hart Lane in
2008. Indeed, so unconvinced
was Redknapp initially by the
young left-back that he offered him to Manchester City as bait for Craig Bellamy.
Now, in the summer of 2013, Bale is one of Europe’s most sought-after footballers, coveted by
Madrid and Manchester United, and destined, it seems, for the very highest level of the
European game at some time in the next 12 months.
Spurs, of course, are trying to hang on for another season at least and who can blame them?
Without their most influential player, Andre Villas-Boas and his entertaining team will find
themselves short of what is needed for a top-four finish
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