Happy 33rd birthday, Gareth Bale. The extraordinary Welshman enjoyed a stellar career at the top of the European footballing mountain, and has recently begun a new challenge in signing for MLS outfit Los Angeles FC.
Bale’s move to MLS confirmed the end of a nine-year stint at Real Madrid that was trophy laden, but never without criticism hurled in the direction of the winger.
Emerging as one of the most exciting attackers in football in the early 2010s with Tottenham, his tantalising performances week after week resulted in Real paying a world record fee to bring Bale to the Santiago Bernabeu in 2013.
The Wales international would form an unworldly trio with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo that proved near unstoppable at times, as Los Blancos dominated European football.