Premier League - ON THIS DAY In 2007, Tottenham signed 17-year-old left-back Gareth Bale from Southampton: http://bit.ly/OTD-25May He has scored 42 goals in 146 Barclays Premier League matches and was named 2012/13
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Tottenham wanted rid of Gareth Bale and got lucky, says Mauricio Pochettino | Gareth Bale | The Guardian
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Where are Gareth Bale's ex-Tottenham team-mates from 2007 debut against Man Utd, including Malbranque and Chimbonda? | The Sun
![Gareth Bale's Evolution: From Reviled Left-Back to Revered Forward | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Gareth Bale's Evolution: From Reviled Left-Back to Revered Forward | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/178/011/hi-res-162657336_crop_north.jpg?1361835094&w=3072&h=2048)
Gareth Bale's Evolution: From Reviled Left-Back to Revered Forward | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Gareth Bale: Where Did It All Go Right for Tottenham's Welsh Wing Wizard? | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report Gareth Bale: Where Did It All Go Right for Tottenham's Welsh Wing Wizard? | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report](https://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/002/203/144/163457609_crop_exact.jpg?w=1200&h=1200&q=75)
Gareth Bale: Where Did It All Go Right for Tottenham's Welsh Wing Wizard? | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors | Bleacher Report
![Gareth Bale of Real Madrid reacts during the Group G match of the... | Gareth bale, Real madrid, Garth bale Gareth Bale of Real Madrid reacts during the Group G match of the... | Gareth bale, Real madrid, Garth bale](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f1/20/b2/f120b27cfe59cbb51bb6c2e58a300533.jpg)
Gareth Bale of Real Madrid reacts during the Group G match of the... | Gareth bale, Real madrid, Garth bale
![Where Gareth Bale fits in Premier League top ten earners with Tottenham set to pay half of his £650k-a-week wages | The Sun Where Gareth Bale fits in Premier League top ten earners with Tottenham set to pay half of his £650k-a-week wages | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/LB-COMP-TOP-earners2.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Where Gareth Bale fits in Premier League top ten earners with Tottenham set to pay half of his £650k-a-week wages | The Sun
![Retro Premier League review: How Gareth Bale went from left-back in 2008/09 to Spurs' 2012/13 talisman Retro Premier League review: How Gareth Bale went from left-back in 2008/09 to Spurs' 2012/13 talisman](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/football/2020/04/03/020420_jh_sports_series_5_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpg)