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Matt Verri

Gareth Bale dismisses retirement talk after Wales crash out of World Cup: ‘We go again’

Gareth Bale came off after 45 minutes in Wales’ defeat to England

(Picture: PA)

Gareth Bale has insisted he does not intend for Wales’ defeat to England at the World Cup to be his final international appearance.

Talk over the 33-year-old’s future intensified over the summer after he left Real Madrid, with suggestions that he was looking for a short-term deal at club level to take him through to the World Cup, after which he would consider stepping away from the sport.

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