Gareth Bale does not need one last big payday before hanging up his boots – nine years at Real Madrid, latterly on over £550,000 a week has almost certainly ensured that his bank balance looks pretty healthy.
He does not need the extra adulation from a new set of fans with the love he receives while playing in a Wales shirt seemingly quite enough.
And he would appear to need no personal vindication or for that matter have points to prove towards the end of a career in which he has pretty much won the lot including five Champions League trophies.
