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Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:24 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
Just announced.
Great player in his prime, the most successful British player to play abroad I think
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:25 pm
by GodIsADeeJay81
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Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:27 pm
by claptrappers_union
More time for Golf now. He deserves it.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:29 pm
by martin_p
Thought he’d done that just before the World Cup!
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:39 pm
by claretburns
Thought there'd be Wales nostalgia in his retirement statement.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:43 pm
by Burnley1989
Was one of the best wingers in the world for a few years
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:46 pm
by NottsClaret
Yup, got right to the top and although it fizzled out at the end, he seems like someone who enjoys his life and has his priorities in order.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:47 pm
by claptrappers_union
claretburns wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:39 pm
Thought there'd be Wales nostalgia in his retirement statement.
He has done one for his 'Welsh family' too
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:52 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
Should always be thanked for his goals against Liverpool in the champions league final and saving the country from another liverpool love in
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:53 pm
by Bordeauxclaret
Strange career.
Probably spent 80% of his time at Real just phoning it in yet walked about with about five Champions League medals.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:55 pm
by CaptJohn
Wasn't it him that put the cross over for that guy to hit the goal in the semi-final 2nd leg against Spurs at the Turf that basically broke our hearts
I've actually got a signed shirt of his from his Real Madrid days somewhere in the attic.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:59 pm
by Fretters
CaptJohn wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:55 pm
Wasn't it him that put the cross over for that guy to hit the goal in the semi-final 2nd leg against Spurs at the Turf that basically broke our hearts
I've actually got a signed shirt of his from his Real Madrid days somewhere in the attic.
Yep, it was him. I don't think he'd won a game playing for Spurs at that point.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:02 pm
by HiThere
For the last few seasons he came across as somebody who would almost pick and choose when he could be arsed to play for his club and would prefer to be on the golf course than the football pitch. To me, his retirement feels a bit 'meh'.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:12 pm
by Swizzlestick
He was unbelievable that season for Spurs before signing for Real.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:37 pm
by tiger76
Not a bad career won 5 Champions Leagues, and captained his nation at a World Cup.
He's been overshadowed due to playing in the same era as Messi & Ronaldo, but most players would settle for what he's achieved before hanging up his boots.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:46 pm
by Cirrus_Minor
I remember Bale and Modric scored for Spurs in our last home game of the first spell in the Premier league. Two absolutely outstanding players.
We of course went on to win 4-2.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:48 pm
by IanMcL
Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 3:53 pm
Strange career.
Probably spent 80% of his time at Real just phoning it in yet walked about with about five Champions League medals.
He made a much bigger contribution that that, until Zidane.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:56 pm
by NewClaret
“New adventure” sounds like he has something planned…
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:04 pm
by yTib
a great player that received an amount of criticism that still has me scratching my head.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:15 pm
by equinox
Won some silver that lad, treated badly by Real Madrid all things considered. (Although not financially)
One of those ex footballers that you just know would make a dreadful manager.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:19 pm
by ecc
Cirrus_Minor wrote: ↑Mon Jan 09, 2023 6:46 pm
I remember Bale and Modric scored for Spurs in our last home game of the first spell in the Premier league. Two absolutely outstanding players.
We of course went on to win 4-2.
One of them kept on working on his game and improving and is still one of the world's best players.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 7:48 pm
by LAM
Genuinely unstoppable on his day. One of the most meteoric rises I can recall in terms of ability too.
Re: Gareth Bale retires from football
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 8:15 pm
by AfloatinClaret
Hardly surprising, at club level GB's given the impression for three or four years now that he's been playing solely for the paycheck rather than any pleasure in what he's doing
