LONDON (AP) – Gareth Bale finished his return to Tottenham from Real Madrid on Saturday when defender Sergio Reguilón also signed for the Spanish Champions League club.
Bale, 31, is back in North London on loan for one season, seven years after the winger joined Madrid for € 100 million (then $ 132 million), a world record at the time.
Reguilón, a 23-year-old left-back, has joined Tottenham permanently on a contract until 2025. Reguilón, who made his debut for Spain in the League of Nations this month, won the Europa League in August while on loan. in Seville.
Bale has struggled to buy playing time in recent seasons at Madrid and will rediscover his motivation for the game with coach José Mourinho in Tottenham, where he is about to form an exciting line with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.
Bale won four Champions League titles in Madrid after taking Tottenham to the festival for the first time in 2010 and generating dazzling performances that earned him the move to La Liga.
Bale is now back in a Tottenham team looking to return to the Champions League after not being able to qualify this season for sixth place in the Premier League.
Tottenham opened the new season with a loss to Everton and will have to qualify for the Europa League organizing stage lately.
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