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| Bale’s signing was announced on the same day as Sergio Reguilon’s arrival at Spurs |
Tottenham have re-signed Wales forward Gareth Bale from Spanish champions Real Madrid on a season-long loan.
Bale, 31, left Spurs for a then world record ยฃ85m in 2013 and went on to score more than 100 goals and win four Champions Leagues with Real.
“It’s nice to be back. It’s such a special club to me. It’s where I made my name,” said Bale.
“Hopefully, now I can get some match fitness, get under way and really help the team and, hopefully, win trophies.”
He added: “I always thought when I did leave that I would love to come back.
“I feel like it is a good fit. It’s a good time for me. I’m hungry and motivated. I want to do well for the team and can’t wait to get started.
“Hopefully, I can bring a bit more belief to everybody that we can win a trophy and the target is to do that this season – to be fighting on every front possible.”
Bale originally joined Tottenham as a 17-year-old from Southampton in 2007 for an initial payment of ยฃ5m.
At Real, he has also won two La Liga titles, one Copa del Rey, three Uefa Super Cups and three Club World Cups with Real.
He remains the most expensive British player in history, as well as the top-scoring British player in La Liga – with 80 goals and 40 assists in 171 league appearances, averaging a goal or assist every 104 minutes.
However, a run of injuries, indifferent form and a deteriorating relationship with manager Zinedine Zidane had seen Bale become a marginal figure.
