Hollywood star Will Ferrell helped to convince Gareth Bale that a spell in MLS with Los Angeles would not be Stranger than Fiction.
Bale signed a one-year contract with LA after Emmy Award-winning comedy actor Ferrell got in touch to persuade him that a move to the West Coast could become another chapter in his glorious career. Funnyman Ferrell, 55, is a co-owner of the club - and reached out to the Welsh international when he was weighing up his options after leaving Real Madrid.
Ferrell, star of films such as Anchorman, Elf and Zoolander, made a pitch that proved irresistible to the 33-year-old former Tottenham and Southampton forward after Bale’s advisers asked LA is they would be interested in signing the player after Wales had booked their place at the World Cup by beating Ukraine in June.
