Gareth Bale’s agent has rubbished claims his client is planning to retire from football after Euro 2020 and become a professional golfer.
The Wales captain, who has one year left on his lucrative Real Madrid contract, has enjoyed a productive season on loan at Tottenham.
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Bale netted 11 goals in 20 Premier League games to remind everyone of his quality at the age of 31, but reports claim he is now ready to hang up his boots.
Spanish outlet ABC say Bale is preparing to quit football when Wales’ Euro 2020 campaign comes to an end this summer, and instead forge a professional career in the other sport he famously loves – golf.
However, Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, poured cold water on those rumours in a brief statement to talkSPORT on Wednesday morning.
He said: “Sorry, I don’t speak about rubbish reporting.”
After scoring a brace in Tottenham’s final-day win over Leicester on Sunday, Bale admitted it would cause ‘chaos’ if he revealed what he was doing next season.
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He said: “I know what I’m doing but it will just cause chaos if I say anything.
“I am not thinking about anything, all I’m concentrating on now is obviously finishing this season off strong.
“We meet up straight away for the Euros and I’m not thinking about anything else other than Wales.”
Ally McCoist insists it would be ‘incredibly sad’ if Bale decided to cut his career short.
The Rangers legend said on the talkSPORT Breakfast: “No, he can’t retire! It can’t happen!
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“I understand that he’s financially secure, I get all that side of it. But come on. You’ve got to play for as long as you can.
“You’ve got to love the game. If he doesn’t enjoy it then I suppose that’s different.
“I don’t even want to think about it, he’s too good a player. He scored two goals at the weekend, good finishes.
“For me, it would be unbelievably sad, it really would.”
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