Tottenham icon and Welsh hero Gareth Bale has snubbed the opportunity to stay in the UK to play football in 2022/23 as he is in the process of finalising a move to the MLS.
Bale left Tottenham for Real Madrid in 2013 but returned last season on loan and contributed 16 goals and three assists in 34 appearances back in a Spurs shirt, despite having a couple of injuries and limited Premier League starts in the first half of the season under then-head coach Jose Mourinho. Once his second stint in N17 was over, he returned to the Spanish capital for the 2021/22 season under Carlo Ancelotti where like Chelsea legend Eden Hazard, was limited to very few minutes in their respective trophy success stories.
The 32-year-old played a total of 280 minutes in La Liga last term, as per FBref.com, whilst he only clocked up a mere nine minutes in the Champions League. Upon release from the Santiago Bernabeu, questions about retirement were popping up. But due to his nation Wales making the cut for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, he decided that the show must go on for at least one more season with a move across the Atlantic now on the cards.
