China News Agency, Beijing, January 10th. Welsh star Bell announced through his personal social media on the 9th local time that he will withdraw from the club and the Welsh football team immediately.
Bale has captained Wales in 111 appearances and won five Champions League titles during his club career.
The 33-year-old Bale, dubbed the "Great Sage" by Chinese fans for his resemblance to the Monkey King in a Chinese animation film, started his professional career at Southampton, grew into a rising star in European football at Tottenham Hotspur, and spent nine years at La Liga giants Real Madrid. , Won 19 championship trophies including 5 Champions Leagues, 4 Club World Cups, 3 European Super Cups, 3 League Trophies, 1 King's Cup and 3 Spanish Super Cups.
He was named the best player in the 2018 Champions League final and won the Club World Cup Ballon d'Or in the same year.
The Real Madrid club stated on social media that Bale has been an important part of one of the most successful stages in the team's history and will always represent the most glorious moments of the past decade.
In 2014, he staged a "curve overtaking" in the final of the Copa del Rey in Valencia, in the same year he scored an overtake goal in the Champions League final in Lisbon, and in the 2018 Kyiv final, the volley barb will always be engraved in the hearts of all fans .
In his football career, Bell led the Welsh football team to the semi-finals of the European Cup in 2016 and helped Wales return to the World Cup after 64 years in 2022.
In the World Cup, the Welsh football team stopped the group stage with 1 draw and 2 losses, and Bell scored the only goal.
The Welsh football team posted a post on social media to thank Bell, saying, "From a fledgling boy to a world-renowned sage, your progress step by step has also led the continuous progress of Welsh football."
Bale expressed his gratitude to fans, teammates and family in his retirement statement, and emphasized his love for football.
"I feel incredibly lucky to be able to live out my dreams and play the sport I love. It's given me the best moments of my life. No matter what happens in the next chapter of my life, more than 17 seasons of peak moments Copy." (End)