Gareth Bale's huge Real Madrid salary that got him criticised for playing golf

dailystar.co.uk:

Gareth Bale is due to leave Real Madrid this summer after nine years with the club.One of the most talented players his generation, his time there has been hard to comprehend with the highs of huge stacks of trophies and lows of, at times, what appeared to be near-total isolation.So often breathtaking to watch, Bale hasn’t always been everybody’s favourite character in the Spanish capital, leading to the moment of the infamous poster: "WALES.

GOLF. MADRID. IN THAT ORDER."Gareth Bale MBE has scored some huge goals and been part of incredible moments for his national side, Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur.Now though, as his time in Madrid comes to an end, he leaves under what some might describe as a cloud, very much on the peripheries of the action at the Bernabeu and an unused substitute in Madrid’s Champions League victory over Liverpool at the end of the 2021/2022 season.

Earlier this year Spanish news outlet Marca reported that Gareth Bale was the third highest earner in European football, taking home a whopping £28.8million a year.

That works out at roughly £554,000 per week, enough to buy a one-bedroom flat in Kensington and Chelsea every seven days.Bale has now reached the end of a six-year contract with the Galacticos having joined the side in 2013 from Spurs.Questions remain over the future of the 38-time Welsh goalscorer, with many clubs in the Premier League having been linked to the signature of the Wideman.Bale received flak from the Spanish press following the unveiling of the now-infamous poster, with some outlets labelling the move as ‘disrespectful’.Marca itself responded to the slight with a headline translating as: “Disrespectful.