Gareth Bale

Bale won the Champions League five times and La Liga three times - with one of each coming this season - after joining from Spurs for a then-record £90 million ...

Together we were able to create some moments that will live forever in the history of this club and football. “To be a part of this club's history and to achieve what we achieved while I was a Real Madrid player, has been an incredible experience and one I will never forget. Despite a difficult second half to his career, when he was often criticised for a perceived commitment to golf and Wales ahead of his club, he has described his experience in a positive light.

Bale will leave the Bernabeu when his contract expires at the end of June, and signed off with a fifth Champions League winners' medal following Saturday's 1-0 ...

"It has been an honour. Together we were able to create some moments that will live forever in the history of this club and football. It has been an honour."

Gareth Bale has thanked Real Madrid in an open letter confirming that he is leaving the club after nine years in Spain.

"Together we were able to create some moments that will live forever in the history of this club and football. I also want to thank president Florentino Perez, [managing director] Jose Angel Sanchez, and the board for giving me the opportunity to play for this club. HALA MADRID!"

Gareth Bale says his “dream became a reality” during his nine years at Real Madrid — while saying goodbye to the Champions League winners.Bale, 32, has...

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Bale leaves having won the Champions League five times, though this season he played seven minutes in the competition, and been part of three La ...

"I arrived here nine years ago as a young man who wanted to realise my dream of playing for Real Madrid. To wear the pristine white kit... to play at the Santiago Bernabeu, to win titles and to be part of what it's so famous for, to win the Champions League." "I write this message to say thank you to all my team mates, past and present, my managers, the backroom staff and to the fans that supported me," Bale, who scored 106 goals in 258 appearances for Real, said in a social media post.

Gareth Bale has described his time at Real Madrid as 'an incredible experience' that he will 'never forget' as he confirmed his exit from the Spanish club.

Together we were able to create some moments that will live forever in the history of this club and football. “To be a part of this club's history and to achieve what we achieved while I was a Real Madrid player, has been an incredible experience and one I will never forget. Despite a difficult second half to his career, when he was often criticised for a perceived commitment to golf and Wales ahead of his club, he has described his experience in a positive light.

The Wales captain became the first British player to win the Champions League five times.

Bale’s relationship with Real fans and the Madrid media had soured in recent seasons, with his commitment to the club questioned in the Spanish capital. “To be a part of this club’s history and to achieve what we achieved while I was a Real Madrid player has been an incredible experience and one I will never forget. “To wear the pristine white kit, to wear the crest on my chest, to play at the Santiago Bernabeu, to win titles and be part of what it’s so famous for, to win the Champions League.

Bale won five Champions League titles at Real Madrid, scoring in two finals during his complicated time at the club.

He has long been at odds with Madrid fans who felt he didn't make the club a priority and instead focused on Wales’ national team. He helped Madrid win five European titles, scoring in the 2014 and 2018 Champions League finals. He played on loan with the English club in 2020-21.

The Welshman won a host of major trophies after leaving Tottenham to complete a world-record £90million move to Madrid in 2013, including five Champions ...

Since that September 2, 2013 when he arrived at Real Madrid at the age of 24, he has lived in these nine years one of the brightest times in our history. 'Real Madrid would like to express its sincere gratitude and affection to Gareth Bale, a player who will forever be part of the club's legacy,' the club said in their own statement. Together we were able to create some moments that will live forever in the history of this club and football. However, the final four years of his Bernabeu career did not prove as successful. 'Real Madrid is and always will be his home, and we would like to wish him and all his family the best of luck for the future.' Gareth Bale has bid farewell to Real Madrid in an emotional post on social media, insisting his nine-year stay at the Bernabeu was an 'incredible experience' that he will 'never forget'.

Gareth Bale bid farewell to Real Madrid and earned another honor on Wednesday — this time from Queen Elizabeth II. The five-time Champions League winner, ...

“Real Madrid would like to express its sincere gratitude and affection to Gareth Bale, a player who will forever be part of the club’s legacy,” the club said. He’s also looking for a new club after confirming earlier Wednesday that his time at Madrid is over. He once posed grinning for a photo celebrating a big win for his national team, holding up a Welsh flag with the words “Wales. Golf. Madrid. In That Order.” “I write this message to say thank you to all my teammates, past and present, my managers, the back room staff and to the fans that supported me,” he said, not touching on his feuds. “I arrived here nine years ago as a young man who wanted to realize my dream of playing for Real Madrid,” he said in a letter posted on Twitter. “To wear the pristine white kit, to wear the crest on my chest, to play at the Santiago Bernabéu, to win titles and to be part of what it’s so famous for, to win the Champions League. I can now look back, reflect and say with honesty that this dream became a reality and much, much more.” The announcement of the honor for services to football and charity, which coincides with celebrations of the 96-year-old monarch’s Platinum Jubilee, came while Bale is on international duty with Wales. The 32-year-old forward will be hoping to lead Wales to its first World Cup since 1958 on Sunday in a playoff final against Ukraine in Cardiff.

Wales captain Gareth Bale has been awarded an MBE for services to football and charity in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.Liverpool's James Milner h.

Milner has spent two decades in the Premier League and was a part of the Reds’ squad which won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup this season, but missed out on the Premier League and Champions League titles. Bale has donated over €1million to hospitals in Wales and Spain in April 2020 in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, and has also supported other charities in his home country. He also inspired Wales to qualification for the 2016 and 2020 European Championships, and will lead the way in their World Cup play-off final on Sunday.

Gareth Bale and Liverpool vice-captain James Milner have been awarded MBEs in the Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours list.The accolades form part of the...

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The 32-year-old became the first British player to win the Champions League five times when Real Madrid beat Liverpool in Paris on Saturday.

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