Gareth Bale Comments on Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester City and Champions League

Gareth Bale rubbished claims that he and Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo have a poor relationship with each other in an exclusive interview with the Times’ Henry Winter (h/t the Daily Mail’s Anthony Hay) on Monday, noting Ronaldo helped him adjust to life in Spain:

He speaks English which helped me when I first came here. We also have that link from the Premier League. We get on really well.

The press make a lot of things that maybe we don’t but we get on fine. We’ve never had a problem. I’ve never had an argument with him. He’s a very, very passionate person on the pitch — everyone knows that. He’s very determined. People sometimes seem to take that the wrong way. We haven’t had a problem.

Their relationship and perceived dislike of each other have long been the source of speculation in the press.

Spanish outlet AS (h/t the Mirror’s Aaron Flanagan) reported in October the pair were “avoiding each other” in training in the wake of Bale’s agent, Jonathan Barnett, describing Ronaldo as an “underwear seller.” 

The Portuguese further increased speculation in February, when he hinted the pair and Karim Benzema do not socialise with one another outside of football, per …

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