"I'll be very interested. Sure.
I love traveling to Los Angeles
and
I've played golf when I've been able to go
.
MLS
is a league that has grown a lot in recent years."
They are words from 2020, but they serve to understand the decision that
Gareth Bale
has made .
After completing his contract with
Real Madrid
, the British footballer will sign with
Los Angeles FC
, an MLS team, and will prepare in
Hollywood
for the
World Cup in Qatar ,
Wales
' second presence
in a
World Cup
after the one in
1958
.
At
32 years old
and after winning
5 Champions League
, will be the icing on the lefty's career.
According to Tom
Bogert
, an American journalist expert in MLS, Bale has reached an agreement with Los Angeles FC for the
next twelve months
, once again leaving the door open for a withdrawal in the
summer of 2023
.
Pending the official announcement by the MLS franchise, the Welsh striker could make his debut on July 8 against the
Galaxy
in the city derby, just one day after the tournament's transfer window opens.
In the Los Angeles team he will meet the Italian defender
Giorgio Chiellini
, who has just signed from
Juventus
, and the Mexican
Carlos Vela
, star of the team and the competition since he left
Real Sociedad
and crossed the pond to play in the
United States
.
Bale arrives at a young club with just four years of life, which debuted in the North American league in 2018 and whose best result was the
semifinals of 2019
.
After two disappointing years, this season the California team has started well and
leads the Western Conference
after 15 games thanks, in large part, to the six goals that Vela has scored.
With him, Bale will share a forward, who lands in a championship that little by little tries to remove the stigma of '
cemetery of stars
', even if it costs.
Veteran forwards like
Gonzalo Higuaín
(Inter Miami) and
Chicharito Hernández (Los Angeles Galaxy) continue to score goals in MLS, and
Lorenzo Insigne
, formerly of Napoli, who has signed for Toronto,
also arrives alongside Bale .
Movements that give shine to the competition but that maintain that path of signing good players who are already in the last moments of their career.
As a curiosity, the ownership of Los Angeles FC belongs to a group of investors, including actors such as
Will Ferrell
, sports legends such as
Magic Johnson
, who also owns part of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the baseball league, or businessmen. of American sports as
Joe Tsai
, founder of the Alibaba group and member of the ownership group of the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.
Los Angeles, Bale's final choice, has ended up winning the game against
Cardiff City,
a Welsh team that participates in the
Championship
, the second division of British football, and which also sounded like the destination of the former Real Madrid.
The North American league calendar fits perfectly with Bale's preparation for the World Cup.
The
MLS Playoffs
will start in October and the grand final will be on
November 5
, 16 days before the first match of the World Cup.
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