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On this episode of the Managing Madrid Podcast, Kiyan Sobhani and Matt Wiltse discuss:

• How we felt in when Real Madrid first signed Gareth Bale
• How he viewed being a footballer, and his love for the game
• Why Bale was always going to succeed as a Real Madrid player
• his most underrated traits as a footballer
• His best season
• Connection with Cristiano Ronaldo
• Our favourite memories of him
• Zinedine Zidane’s hand in signing Bale
• The deterioration of Zidane and Bale’s relationship
• Bale in 2018 — his importance tactically
• The Wales, golf, Madrid thing
• Why he should’ve held a press conference after it happened
• Kiyan’s story about meeting Bale
• Jonathan Barnett
• The 2019 China thing
• Bale’s CV
• And more.

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Hosts this week:

Kiyan Sobhani (@KiyanSo)

Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4)