The Welshman was considering leaving the club but has been unchained following the exits of Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo
Another Real Madrid game, another outstanding performance from Gareth Bale. Against Roma on Wednesday, the Welshman scored his fifth goal in seven games for club and country this season but – more importantly – he was strong, fast, decisive and indispensable to the team.
Much has been made of the man-management skills deployed by Zinedine Zidane when dealing with the super-egos that inhabited the Real Madrid dressing room during his tenure at the Santiago Bernabeu.