Gareth Bale is hoping his special connection with the Champions League will enable him to go out on a Real Madrid high after being given just two more opportunities to play for the Spanish giants again.
Bale has been left out of Real's match day squad entirely for Sunday night's La Liga clash with Cadiz, despite returning to training following a back spasm. It gives him just the final league match with Real Betis and then the big Euro final versus Liverpool for Bale to pull on Madrid colours again.
Once the May 28 clash with Liverpool is out of the way, Bale will focus on Wales' huge World Cup play-off crunch with Scotland or the Ukraine in Cardiff on June 5. He will then determine his future, with his home-town Bluebirds 1-3 ON favourites to pull off the most sensational transfer in Welsh football history.
