Champions League winner Gareth Bale believes playing for Real Madrid has improved his game. The Welsh superstar joined the Spanish giants from Tottenham Hotspur for a world record £80m back in 2013 and has helped them lift two Champions League titles in the last three years. Because of it, Bale believes he is a much better player.
Bale admits that playing in La Liga is a hugely different proposition compared to the Premier League, stating that Spain is built on a more tactics-driven environment.
However, Bale believes that he has adapted his game to suit the style of play abroad in the past couple of seasons, establishing himself as one of the most devastating attacking weapons in world football after an initially difficult first season at the Santiago Bernabeu.
"The Premier League is end to end; here teams come and sit and you have to learn a different style," the 26-year-old said as per "?The Guardian.
"I feel like that first season everyone didn't know fully what I was about so I could do the same thing as in England. Then they knew what I was about and tried to nullify what I do well."
Bale, who excelled during his last season at Tottenham, revealed he was forced to re-evaluate his playing style because of the tactical approach in Spain.
"I found it more difficult but I'm so happy that season did happen because I learnt a lot: about keeping the ball, movement, intelligence, decision"?making," he continued.
"It's because of that bad season that I think I've had such a good season now. I've improved, I have more variety in my game."
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