Gareth Bale

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Stick to Football · Gareth Bale: Real Madrid Reality, Turning Down United & Life With Ronaldo | Stick to Football 119 · 5 Mar 2026 podcast

for what reason what else do I want to achieve I felt like I achieved everything I want to the last thing I did was qualify for a world cup which was the one thing that was last on my list so I did that and I was like I don't really want to just keep going for the sake of it and the people always say you don't want football to leave you before you leave football I was just like I felt it was the right time and it was a few years prior that I was probably ready and

But then you try and you try and make things stronger and stuff, but it just caught up with me in the end.

And then, yeah, also the thing with my father's illness, I wanted then to be closer to home and stuff was happening with him.

So, yeah, there's reasons other than just I just decided to finish at 33.

And then, yeah, obviously there's...

I understand there's a long time retired.

I've been planning since probably 26, 27, that I know there's not a long career and you have a long life after, hopefully, touch wood.

But yeah, just... What does that look like?

Again, I always said when I retired, I wanted one, two, three years just to decompress, enjoy the kids, and then try and find a few paths I want to do.

Obviously, the...

I think you, obviously, owning a football team, probably understand the stresses with it.

But we kind of went, looked down that route.

And something that does interest me, we obviously tried... In this country or over in... We tried with Cardiff last summer.

Obviously, it didn't materialise.

And obviously, they're doing amazing again this season.

But, yeah, something like that, I think, interests me more than... I don't really like going into management.

I feel like...

Yeah, I've done that as a player and you've got to put even more hours in as a coach and a manager.

So, too much for me.

But yeah, kind of that kind of stuff.

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