Gareth Bale: From local boy to £85m Real Madrid star
He may have just become the world's most expensive football player but Welshman Gareth Bale has his feet firmly on the ground.
The £85m man may now be earning £300,000 a week at Real Madrid but his family say his drive for success has always come from his passion for the game.
The 24-year-old developed his love of football playing in parks around Cardiff where he grew up.
BBC Wales Today's Claire Summers looks back at how the local boy became a football superstar.
02 Sep 2013
- From the section Wales