A fifth Champions League final pocketed, Gareth Bale teams up with Wales in the next 24 hours for an even more important date with destiny as he seeks to fire his country to the World Cup.
Bale may get some game-time against Poland on Wednesday night as Wales kick off their new Nations League campaign, but Welsh boss Rob Page will be wrapping his captain in cotton wool for next Sunday's huge World Cup play-off with either Scotland or Ukraine.
The Wales skipper's focus is obviously on that game, but he will also be thinking about his future with a nine-year spell at Real Madrid officially over. What are his options? Here are some of them...
