Gareth Bale

The future of Wales forward Gareth Bale is in MLS with LAFC. Here's how social media reacted to the shock news.

This assist from prime Real Madrid Bale 🔥🔥— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) pic.twitter.com/IUMB7Ds1a8 June 25, 2022 😉😉😉— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) pic.twitter.com/cCmDtoSMho June 25, 2022 The real reason Bale signed for LAFC— El Moon Doughh (@moon_doughh) pic.twitter.com/Uc3h7SA6Ar June 25, 2022 Gareth Bale said this in 2020 👀— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) pic.twitter.com/xjMnxi6FAl June 25, 2022 Wales. Golf. LAFC.— Chris (@_el_chris) #LAFC #Bale pic.twitter.com/0ZGuvhMSqj June 25, 2022 Gareth Bale in his new LAFC threads 🤩— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) pic.twitter.com/Zx5YqWC3ny June 25, 2022 But now he's on his way to Major League Soccer... with LAFC! to win the final!— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) All in MLS. ⭐️ 🌟 pic.twitter.com/EiLhntosfG June 25, 2022 See you soon, Los Angeles. 👊— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) @LAFC @LAFC3252 pic.twitter.com/GVP8WVWLPe June 25, 2022 Life is good for LAFC 😎 pic.twitter.com/46FVtxTUUY June 25, 2022 Gareth Bale 🏴— Tom Bogert (@tombogert)

Gareth Bale finally has a heading as his roller-coaster ride of a Real Madrid career comes to an end. The Welsh maestro, after links to Cardiff City…

The fact of the matter is that the now 32-year-old is a truly special player and we have yet more footage to prove it. In full flight, Bale was simply glorious to watch and, in truth, we could point to any number of the once-in-a-lifetime moments that underpinned his career in the famous white shirt. It calls to a close a bizarre era in the game for Bale who won countless trophies during his time in Madrid, but never truly won over the notoriously hard to please fans.

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Gareth Bale appears to have agreed to join MLS franchise Los Angeles FC when his Real Madrid contract expires at the end of June. The Wales captain took to ...

Bale, who began his career at Southampton, enjoyed a successful six years at Tottenham Hotspur between 2007 and 2013, before joining Real Madrid for a then-world-record fee of just over 100 million euros. Bale will be able to complete his move to LAFC when the MLS’ ‘secondary transfer window’ opens on 7 July. The same goes for former Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini, whose signing from Juventus on a one-year deal was confirmed by the franchise earlier this month. When could Bale make his LAFC debut?

Former Tottenham and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale is set to join Los Angeles FC in Major League Soccer, and he won't be the only former Premier League ...

The Swiss international scored his first MLS goal from the penalty spot back in March, and has since added two more. Guzan racked up more than 150 Premier League appearances, the bulk of them for Aston Villa, after moving to England in 2008. However, 17 goals in the 2021 season was almost enough to drag his team into the playoffs. Vela won the MLS Supporters' Shield with LAFC in 2019, before reaching the final of the CONCACAF Champions League the following year. Vela began his professional career with Arsenal, but left the club in 2012 after failing to hold down a regular starting spot. Here, Mirror Football looks at some of the other one-time Premier League players currently plying their trade in the US and Canada with Bale set to join them over the summer.

Five time Champions League winner Gareth Bale has taken on an intriguing new challenge, signing a one-year contract with MLS team LAFC.

He has proven over the years, that he can be devastating on his day and can change a game in a second. At 32 years old, having been on the fringes in Madrid for several years, seemingly happy picking up his monstrous wages, his desire has been called into question by many. The Welshman has signed a one-year deal until June 2023 and leaves Madrid having won three La Ligas in addition to his Champions League triumphs.

Gareth Bale, who is poised to join Los Angeles FC, has worn the No. 11 shirt for much of his career. However, it's already taken.

Bale wore 11 for all but one of his eight seasons at Real Madrid, a club he joined from Tottenham Hotspur for a then-world-record 100m euros in 2013. At first club Southampton, Bale wore 37 in 2005/06 and 22 in 2006/07. Los Angeles FC, who are set to sign Gareth Bale on a free transfer, can expect to sell a boatload of shirts bearing the Wales captain’s name and number.

Major League Soccer (MLS) is set to welcome another world-renowned soccer star after Wales captain Gareth Bale agreed to a one-year deal with Los Angeles FC ...

Chiellini forged his name as one of the best center-backs in the game during a decorated 18-year spell with Juventus, lifting nine Serie A titles and five Coppa Italia trophies. The pair's arrival continues the trend of some of the game's biggest names joining the MLS in the twilight years of their careers. The six-time winner of the Welsh Footballer of the Year award arrives in LA having helped guide his country to their first FIFA World Cup finals in 64 years earlier this month.

GARETH BALE looks to have made the wisest move of his career - and not just because of the 19 local golf courses in Los Angeles.The Wales captain is h.

“It’s a league that’s on the up and still rising. It’s grown so much over the years. “The good thing is I am in a great position in terms of my life and where I am at. An added bonus for the golf nut will be some of the most famous and best courses in the world. Bale liked the quiet life in London and Madrid and he should be able to remain anonymous as a little-known ‘soccer star’ amid the glitz and glamour of Hollywood’s showbiz world. GARETH BALE looks to have made the wisest move of his career - and not just because of the 19 local golf courses in Los Angeles.

The idea of MLS as a retirement home has been a misnomer for a while. While the league might not pull in the biggest players in the world in their prime, ...

One could be deployed as a straight #10, more likely Vela, though manager Steve Cherundolo has usually opted for a 4-3-3 that doesn’t have a #10. Deploying either Bale or Vela in more of a midfield role is begging to get torn through when they don’t have the ball. LAFC are the favorites to win the league at the moment, and it would be their first MLS Cup for what has become perhaps the biggest team in the league with the most fervent fanbase. To any outside observer, Bale showing up in the States is only confirmation of the league being a rest home, but that’s really only because Bale treated even Madrid as a rest home. One, the European season is going to run up right into the tournament, with only a week between leagues breaking and the kickoff in Qatar (and Wales play the US on the first day). Two, seeing as how Bale only appeared seven times for Madrid this past season, playing regularly for just over three months and then getting another break in is probably all he’s built for at the moment. Bale signed for the league-leaders yesterday on a contract for the rest of 2022 with an option for 2023. The idea of MLS as a retirement home has been a misnomer for a while.

Welsh soccer star Gareth Bale is taking his talents from the European circuit to the United States with Major League Soccer's LAFC, possibly beginning in ...

Bale was rumored to be considering retirement if Wales hadn’t qualified for the World Cup. But his national team miraculously earned its first World Cup appearance since 1958. He played briefly for Tottenham during the 2020-21 season. The 32-year-old initially played for Tottenham before joining Real Madrid in 2013 for a then-record $106.4 million before being loaned to Hotspur. His current contract expires in the summer.

It's not often that Los Angeles FC co-president and general manager John Thorrington has time to sit and watch a soccer game for purposes other than ...

The plan is also for LAFC to add that player in this window. The ability to rotate should keep Vela and Bale fresh for the stretch run in the fall. “He doesn’t need to play football — he’s one of the best-paid footballers of all time — but if all goes well, of course he could stay there for a while. The cap restraints of a non-designated-player deal limited the pay but Bale has made plenty of money and he has long-standing marketing partners. It’s a solid short-term solution with the potential to make it a longer-term partnership. LAFC still has an open designated player spot and Thorrington said the team will move to fill it this summer window if the right player is available. LAFC was in first place and offered a chance to win trophies. “What we can offer a player like him is a unique opportunity to come and do something different.” The deal also includes an 18-month option that would increase his salary and make him a designated player if triggered next summer, multiple sources with knowledge of the deal said. In the end, though, LAFC swooped in to sign the five-time Champions League winner. The intention was to be aggressive in the summer window. “Did I think, coming into the year, ‘let’s set aside money to sign Gareth Bale?’. No, that was not in my plans,” Thorrington told The Athletic, letting out a slight chuckle.

Wales' striker Gareth Bale celebrates after winning the FIFA World Cup 2022 play-off. Geoff Caddick/AFP via Getty Images. Gareth Bale's ...

Which brings us to Bale, or whatever is left of Bale. He has been at this for 15 years since beginning his first and most successful stretch at Spurs. Though he was never embraced at Madrid (hell, he was regarded as verminous) he still put in eight years, with the requisite wear and tear that creates. Bale is a curious case in that he opted not to play for Welsh club Cardiff City and the leg-savaging treacheries of the Championship for the pre-World Cup adulation, nor for the Saudi-moneyed Newcastle United and the pre-World Cup marketing opportunities. His principal role at LAFC will be to prep for Wales while making somewhere around $2 million as a targeted allocation like Chiellini and kicking in what he can for the conference leaders. MLS is light years from where it was even a decade ago, but it remains both a beneficiary and a victim to North America’s newfound love of soccer at its highest heights (Europe) rather than at its homegrown middlings. He laughs, claps, throws itself to the ground, sings, in a kind of humiliating ceremony, which, at least, finally comes to an end, like all misfortunes.” Gareth Bale’s arrival in Los Angeles as the newest and second oldest member of LAFC has been described as a shock to those who forgot that the club signed 37-year-old Giorgio Chiellini two weeks ago.

The Welsh superstar was announced as a signing by the LAFC Co-President and GM, John Thorrington, on Sunday June 26th. Signed on a free transfer and to a TAM ...

“We’re incredibly excited in the face of very stiff competition worldwide, that he agreed [to sign for LAFC] and we’re excited to welcome him in the coming weeks.” Of course, some similar things were said about Carlos Vela at times in Spain before he lit up MLS, so some of the negativity around Bale may be quite unfair. This year, he has led them to qualification to the 2022 World Cup, Wales’ first World Cup berth since 1958. He turned pro and made his debut with English club Southampton in 2006, remarkably starting his career as a left back with Saints and then when he first moved to Tottenham in 2007. In 2020-21, he went on a season-long loan to Spurs, and returned to Real Madrid this past season, where he barely featured, his relationship with the club fractured permanently. The Welsh superstar was announced as a signing by the LAFC Co-President and GM, John Thorrington, on Sunday June 26th.