It would not be a transfer window at Tottenham Hotspur if the name Gareth Bale was not linked with a return to the north London club.
On Wednesday, the Welshman confirmed his exit from Real Madrid after nine years with a heartfelt farewell statement and this summer the 32-year-old will be a free agent as he decides what comes next in a glittering career that has brought him five Champions League winner's medals, three La Liga titles and four FIFA Club World Cup trophies among many other pieces of silverware.
Bale left Tottenham for 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.
