GARETH BALE hilariously picked HIMSELF as the greatest ever Champions League player… but fans were more interested in him ditching former manager Zinedine Zidane in the first round.
Real Madrid, Tottenham and Wales legend Bale, 34, won five Champions Leagues during his time in Spain, scoring three goals across two finals in 2014 and 2018.
He is now gearing up to watch Los Blancos in their first final since his departure from the Bernabeu in 2022 as Real face off against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley on Saturday night.
Ahead of the clash, Bale was tasked with picking the best Champions League player of all time.
He was given 16 names – himself, Karim Benzema, Zidane, Gianluigi Buffon, Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard, Lionel Messi, Kaka, Xavi, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Iker Casillas, Luka Modric, Andres Iniesta, Toni Kroos and Robert Lewandowski.
He ended up with the four semi-finalists as himself and three old team-mates in Ronaldo, Modric and Kroos.
Bale picked himself ahead of Ronaldo and Modric ahead of Kroos, before selecting his image for the victory as he laughed at his own decision.
Meanwhile, some viewers were quick to highlight Bale ousting Zidane for Benzema in the first pick of the video.
Zidane, who reached three Champions League finals as a player and won the tournament with Real Madrid in 2002, coached Bale and Co to three successive triumphs between 2016 and 2018.
But the relationship between Bale and Zidane fractured in 2019 when the French manager made it clear he wanted to sell the Welshman.
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And fans believe this to be the reason for Bale getting rid of Zidane so quickly.
One said: “Of course he didn’t pick Zidane.”
While another added: “He was never gonna pick Zidane 😂.”
And a third replied: “Bruh still hates Zidane.”
Bale was talking at the launch of “The Pledge Ball”, a football made from recycled boots and engraved with pledges by the football community to inspire collective action on sustainability ahead of the Champions League final.
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