How much Gareth Bale earned during his nine years with Real Madrid

Gareth Bale’s Real Madrid career came to an end on Saturday night with his final game in Los Blancos colours.

The Wales captain may not have made it off the bench for the Spanish giants in their Champions League final victory over Liverpool in Paris but their victory means he now has five European titles to his name.

His contract is now up in Madrid and after nine years with the super club, he is now a free agent. He won’t make a decision on his playing future until Wales’ World Cup play-off final match with Scotland or Ukraine is out of the way this coming Sunday in Cardiff.

His agent, Jonathan Barnett, has already told WalesOnline in an exclusive interview that his client’s next move won’t be determined by finance but by where he wants to play his football.

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He said: “Finance will not come into this. He’s already extremely wealthy. Gareth is probably the richest footballer Britain has produced. In any case, no club on earth would be able to pay what he’s on at the moment. Gareth realises that. Money is not important to him.

“It will be down to where he wants to play, a personal choice - but only after the Wales games are out of the way.”

Bale’s time in Spain has seen him rewarded handsomely. He initially signed a