What can Bellingham learn from Bale's time in Real Madrid?

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Gareth Bale's recommendation came with recrimination and regret. It also came with a grin and on the set of a comedy game show, but, as with many a joke, there was truth in his words, a hint of hurt, too.

This week, during the broadcast of a TV programme in the UK called "A League of Their Own," the former Real Madrid player was asked what handy advice he had for Jude Bellingham, the Briton who has followed him to the Santiago Bernabeu. His response? Play the game. No, not that game, not the game; the other one.

There were plenty of things Bale could have said, drawn from his own experience over eight seasons in Spain. He could have said: win everything there…