What EXACTLY Happened to Gareth Bale? 

Bale would’ve ended up like Harry Kane if he didn’t leave Spurs. Loads of goals but nothing to show for it.

Sad how he was treated. Gave the club and the city of Madrid trophies just to get disrespected. As a madrista he will always be a legend. ❤

I will always remember his solo goal against Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey Final, i was 14 years old, i will remember it even on my death bed.

as a madridista i admit he faced harsh criticism but no doubt he is a club legend and his achievements will always be remembered by us

the guy scored so many beautiful goals in most important matches, it is very hard to unlike him

Bale was absolutely a success. Extremely underrated. The greatest British player ever in my opinion. He was electric at Spurs, scoring ridiculous long shots and pulling off crazy dribbles every week. He dominated the prem and got a deserved transfer to Madrid. Sure, he was injured frequently. But the fact is Bale was World-class there, scoring loads of goals and for long periods he might have been the best player there who’s name isn’t Cristiano. And don’t get me started on the iconic performances. In terms of clutch performances, he does not have an equal. Won the copa deal Rey against THAT Barcelona team with THAT goal. Scored the game deciding goal in the 13-14 final. Assisted and sunk a pen on the 16 final. And produced one of the greatest performances of all time on the biggest stage imaginable in the 17 final. A bicycle kick and long shot in the champions league final is ridiculous. Anyone who seriously wants to say Bale wasn’t a success at Madrid surely must be kidding themselves. From the outside, the relationship did look toxic. But I firmly believe Bale was mistreated particularly by Zidane definitely by the Spanish media. He always gave his all for the club and put in a litany of world class performances. Simply put, I don’t think Bale did that much wrong and was instead unfairly attacked due to his injury problems. Bale came back to spurs for one season, playing infrequently. But when he did, he was superb and showed exactly why he’s one of the best in the business. Then he played for LAFC where had about 7 touches. His last one was in the 128th minute to tie the league cup final decider, which they won on pens. Once more only Bale is that clutch. And all this is not to mention what he achieved for Wales, with only 3 million. He dragged them to their first Euros where he took them to the semi finals (THE SEMI FINALS OF THE EUROS!!!). They beat #1 ranked Belgium, went further than England and were just incredible. That achievement is unbelievable and wouldn’t have happened without him. He then did the same for Wales for Euro 2020, where they once more made it out of the group stage. And finally, at the end of his career, an aging Bale scored all three goals in our World Cup 22 qualifiers. Two screamers against Austria and a long distance free kick against Ukraine. And then he scored Wales only goal against the USA. No man has EVER done what he did in the red of wales and is what makes him the best British player ever imo. Wales had qualified to one major tournament before him in 1964. He qualified for 3 and took Wales to heights they never should’ve been able to reach. Of course as a proud welsh man, I totally admit to nostalgia goggles. But Bale is a hero to the whole of Wales and I don’t think there’s ever been a Welshman more loved or revered. On his day, he was unplayable. Many people say that after Messi and CR7, Neymar is the best player of that generation. I politely disagree. For me it’s Gareth Bale ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This wasn't a bale problem, its a real problem. I get that they are used to and expected success. But, its crazy how they treated almost every legend that have played for their club. Its just sad

Bale was a true galactico no matter what 👑

Bale imo was a success! Crucial player to every team he played for and still managed to put up insane numbers despite having so many injuries

Bale will be missed but not forgotten.

Wales, golf, Madrid. In that order. Now that's a man with priorities...😁

For me I will always remember his Tottenham game against Maicon, that game was the highlight of his career to me

I thought Bale retired to focus on his Golf career ? Sometimes life is like that, a new passion might come to our lives and we can’t avoid it .

Moving to Real Madrid is nightmare to many players. You not only need to be the best, but also the most marketeable and because your fee is likely overflown you need to able to fit on the system of the 3 - 4 coches you will see in your career. If you are not able to fit complete different systems, since your tranfer fee was astronomical they cant quite sell you so they keep you in the bench and your career will wither away. Also, the team often buys world class players to prevent champions league competitions from getting them rather than actually wanting to use said player.

Bale was so good with benzema and Ronaldo.His biggest weakness was his fans,always comparing him to Ronaldo etc.I miss prime bale with 5 UCL 😕 Zidane was also a big part of his downfall. Many are saying bale was as good as ronaldo and I agree but I am saying that he was compared not that he was terrible

One of greatest career in Football. Big Game Specialist. Period.

As a madrid fan i will forever love him just sucks his injuries happened so much in madrid =/

the real love bale, but haters was more noisy, with time he will get the respect he always deserved.

No doubt the greatest golfer playing in real Madrid

Bale was great and success player...i love him ♥️♥️

A top standout player, you can't help injuries, bad luck. Score some amazing historical exciting goals. Gareth, thank you for the memories .Respect 👍👍👍👍

As an LAFC fan, we loved him even when he was on the bench...now that he's gone, he's loved even more

Bale was a phenomenal player. Really a standout type , every team he played for he made a difference in and that bicycle kick will live long in peoples memories

What a football player he was! He deserved a better end. I would've liked to see him in the Serie A. At Milan or Inter👍🏻

Gareth bale did not only make Wales get to a world cup last year in Qatar after 64 years he was huge for all of his clubs but it's easy to tell in his career it was a success for him

What he has done for our club can't be forgotten he won us so many trophies and gave us a lot of joy the provocations can be forgotten they are not as important

Bale was on some king shit tho. Wales. Golf. Madrid. Bro was wildin 💀 Real talk tho. I think Bale really wanted to have fun playing the game he loved and the economics, injuries, and drama surrounding him really fucked it up for him. Phenomenal player and probably the one i try to emulate the most

There's no doubt, he was a major success. He always delivered when it mattered. He was unlucky with injurys and Zidane and Mourinho both treated him like crap.

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Those beautiful free kicks he scored.He faced a lot of criticism. He,Benzema and CR7 led Real Madrid to many UCL's

This man got me into loving football and for that reason he will always be the goat in my eyes

Actually some are saying that Gareth Bale may have been the greatest British player of all time... however I think Nick Faldo or Rory Mcilroy may have something to say about that...

Funniest thing ever: Hazard cost them more than 100M€ and just got snubbed by media and fans. He is 100 times worse than Bale's most awful performance, yet Hazard is simply left out of discussions

I've never seen a left-footed strike as precise or as powerful as Bale when he was fit. This guy was one of the most gifted athletes the world has ever seen. Unfortunately, he was riddled with injuries, but bro, watch his highlight reels, and you will see a monster amongst mortals. This guy was above and beyond any player in his prime. I miss him so much. I'm only a year older than him, and seeing Ronaldo, who's 4 years older than me still playing, makes me sad to say he's only a glimpse in my football memory. FOREVER A LEGEND.

I am a Real Madrid fan and have watched many matches throughout Bale´s years in Real Madrid. Too many injuries, but he was almost unstoppable until he was 28 years of age. From there onwards his physical condition decayed. He wasnt as fasta and powerful as he once had been. He still scored important goals (his habilities were not inly speed and power), but his level was not the same.

His inconsistency was our main problem but whenever he was in form, he won us trophies. Love the guy, was a beast at his prime, sad to see him retire, he had to go through our ( Madridistas ) extreme expectations. Most divided player ever but he didn't help himself by disrespecting our club.

Bale had a career 99% of players would wish they had. Winning both champions league 5 times and 3 la liga titles as well as leading his country to the World Cup is enough.

I feel myself getting older and older. I remember playing football manager games where Bale was 16 years old and easily the best youngster in the game. There was no cristiano or messi in the simulations but there was Bale. He played with my teams till he was in his late 30's

Only for the fact that he refused to play for England because he's a Welshman, puts Bale, in my book, among the greatest. Not because he refused England (with the possibility to win big trophies than Wales would never win), but because he stayed true to himself. Many get lost in the fame, riches turbulence.

I really thought he would start scoring 30+ goals a season after Ronaldo left in 2018. But his level only went down from there (obviously due to injuries).

The games against inter made me think he will be on Messi and Ronaldo level at the time.. it's a shame he wasn't consistent..

Honestly, Bale always had a place in my heart as someone who could have easily been one of the best, but couldn’t because of others. The fact that zidane kept him as a sub just because of his person feelings, yet he still managed to lead Madrid to a trophy is really upsetting. He gets constant hate for no reason. Really? Bale isn’t allowed to be mad? But when someone like Ronaldo does that exact same thing, he gets support.

The only player after neymar tot reach a level that was known for messi and ronaldo. Unfortunatly, only for a short time

i loved Bale more when he was in Spurs with Modric`

Bale was one of my favorite players. Such a great talent. He had plenty of great games and awesome goals to look back on his career.

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I loved watching bale as a left back those first few seasons. Giving him all that room to build up speed as he made his dangerous runs forward, it was just a thing of beauty. He played with so much bravado then… he may have left his defense exposed, but that was just part of the allure of seeing his mad sprints forward. I’ve always wished he would have stayed in that position, at Tottenham or elsewhere… could have went down as the greatest left back ever.

Say Bale in Madrid ? What comes to your mind - that goal against Barcelona in the Copa Del Rey final - that overhead kick goal against Liverpool in the UCL final

He is one of my favorite players

If Real Madrid fans consider Guti a legend, then so is Bale.

Man... still an absolute legend in my books

I mean the fact that he gets to retire at 31 should tell you that he was a success . That might be the end of his career, as a fortballer. But He's a millionaire that will enjoy the better years of his life you imagine 31 retired and a millionaire that's the life bro he made it.

Only respect for Bale. I always loved him playing. And yes, he is a success. Most definitely.

I'm saying this before even completing the vid and probably didn't have to. The guy career is already successful, whatever criticism some people might say but this man winning lot of trophy in his league career and even bring his national to WC for first time in dacade also not mentioning that he save up tons of money and on top all that he still 33 years old. He did everything right in his career

Nothing happened "to" him. More like Real Madrid just happened to itself. When you sign for this club you should know that your options are limited. It's the adaptability to a status quo, your relationship with Spanish media, and especially with the coach. IMO he did what he wanted to do, he wasnt the kind of player to aim for 5 ballon d'ors or whatever, guy just did his thing and let life fall into place. I respect this approach instead of the footballers that devote their entire life to football for their entire lives in order to be the greatest. He's a genuine cool guy and a natural athlete.

Bale was an true incredible player with great power mine set I really want him to still play football 😭 even though I am a Barca fan but I love the way how Bale play the game of football 🐐👽⚽🏆🥇💪

Keep it up Lucas, I haven't even watched it yet but i konw its gonna be great

This man deserves the best icon card

He's pretty good in this year's fifa tho.

imagine prime bale with haaland and prime cristiano as a team, all at same age. how sick that would be

Legend of Football who lived his footballing life the way he wanted to never letting anyone fuck with him.

Bale is one of the most disrespected Madrid legend despite winning silverware with them. Yes he didn't help his cause by antagonizing Madrid but he was a key player for Madrid.

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He's my hero of all time no matter how ppl bad mouting him. I'll always support and repect you no matter where you are, legend .Gareth Frank Bale

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I remember Tottenham Vs inter Milan champions League.. my manager at work let us take a extra break to watch it.. very unlike him but it was back shift and wee had been working for hours wee usually worked through our last break to get home.. but he must have had a bet on and wee had already got most things done.. and seeing bale rip one of the best right backs in the world.. Brazilian international and world class bale made him look .. average at best and Tottenham beat Jose inter Milan and it was bale the guy was unstoppable.. he's made a fortune out of football.. won things in football no other boy from Wales that just love's sports has ever done.. Ryan Giggs but he never played in a international tournament.. bale a guy from Wales that likes playing football.. can now retire at 33 and even tho they Madrid fans hated him .. he scored some of the most important and beautiful goals in big games.. that the fans will always remember.. he's only human but when given a chance and in important moments he done it on the pitch.. Madrid fans talk about guti and others.. how many overhead kicks did they score how many important goals did they score and there Spanish.. bale is from Wales and he won Madrid Trophies

The most disrespected player in Real Madrid is actually Casillas...

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I never saw bale scoring a tap in.......all his goals are worth watching..madrid legend in my opinion

Bale is a legand👉🏾💯

he still plays in my fifa team. Respect to him.

I been a madrid fan since i gained conscience, I love Bale, but us Madrid fans are a different type of fan, we dont ask for the players to do well on the pitch for us it’s excellence or nothing… that had always been troubling for everyone involve to the fans coaches even the guys that keep the field

As a die heart Madridista, literally the only thing that I hated about Bale was that he was made of Glass. Never talked ill of him, we won lots of finals thanks to him

imagine if everyone supported him, how much better he would have been (he was already killing it so hard)

Bale is a legend 🤍😌🤍

He was an incredible player. He was also an incredibly injury prone player.

I had Bale the number 3 in the world at one point even ahead of Neymar for one season! What a great player at his peak even if his body was made of glass 🤣

imagine if we had signed bale halfway through the 09/10 season, we would've tied our league best [6th], get in europe and would've stayed up the next season [whilst also winning the carling cup]

As a real Madrid fan I love bale he is a LEGEND he is in my top 10 favorite players

Real Madrid stopping him from going to China on that 1 million deal a week is crazy.

I mean I would say he was an absolute success in life, despite him being a Madrid player and scoring that stupid crazy goal on Barca in that Copa Del Rey Final. I actually always respected Bale a lot him indirectly trolling Madrid was always funny

LEGEND

I compare bale to Angel Di Maria, both some of the best players ever, but both criminally underrated and often also overshadowed by other greats

The way he was treated by Madrid was disgusting!!! He was a phenomenal player, he deserved more than they gave him in terms of respect.

Me:*wants bale to come back to football*

Bale was available always even if he wasn't selected in his last seasons.And even tho Benzema is on fire nowadays my favourite was in this order cr7 gb11 and finally kb9. And I believed in Bale as much as I believed in Benzema during their bad run of form.

Nobody misses him specially in Madrid. After 6 years in Madrid he was not able to say hello. His attitude was not very professionell

A playing style based on huge speed and power will ALWAYS expose the exponent to injury. His bank balance suggests he was a success. He should consider embarking on a management career because he understands and has been a victim of the politics the game.

For all the hate he received, Bale still posts about Real Madrid on social media after his retirement. Shows you he still loves the club, the fans got duped by the media into hating him.

Gale was amazing, whether he fail or not is a ridiculous proposition

He won almost every trophy for his club except for his tenure at Tottenham. Success.

He was a major success to say the least imo

He will always be a success yes there's disappointment towards the end but the success he achieved overshadowes it imo.

Success for me. All of those doubters never played a football game that actually matters

Bale was was a legend❤

Bale is the best UK attacking player ever and a Real Madrid C.F. legend. That's the truth based on facts.

As a RM fan, I never understood the hate towards him

Football is a dark place, as of any entertaining sport. Hence the sacrifice you have to make...the 100 million sacrifice.

The fans and media were brutal. Projecting their insecurities at him. Can’t blame the guy.

11.4s 100m is incredible at 14 years old. I definitely think he would’ve ran at least 10.8-10.9 in his prime years. Top 5 signing spurs ever had.