Legendary Bale, Son Heung-min loves crazy. Half of Sonny is Welsh, and he's qualified for the trophy 24 hours a day

Sep 04, 2025

Legendary Bale, Son Heung-min loves crazy. Half of Sonny is Welsh, and he's qualified for the trophy 24 hours a day
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Gareth Bale was still thinking of Son Heung-min as a really close friend.

Bale will soon participate in the 2025 Icon Match hosted by Nexon in Korea. Bale is a player that Korean fans cannot help but know. Because he was one of the best players of the 2010s. Bale began to show his skills in earnest at Tottenham in the 2010-2011 season. In the European Champions League (UCL), he became famous by achieving a hat trick in the same way against Micon, the best fullback of the time.

Bale, who became the best player in the Premier League at Tottenham, headed to Real Madrid. Bale formed one of the best strikers of all time, along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema. In Real alone, he had a historic heyday, including five UCL wins and three Spanish La Liga wins. In the final years of his career, he became a player who focused only on golf, not soccer, which was controversial, but his skills remained.




Bale returned to Tottenham on loan in the 2020-2021 season and formed a relationship with Son Heung-min. After the recovery of his performance, he showed his excellent skills. Tottenham's destructive power with Son Heung-min and Harry Kane added Bale was short but intense. At that time, Bale became very close to Son Heung-min and formed the Wales Mafia. At that time, Tottenham had Welshmen Bale, Ben Davies and Joe Rodden, and Son Heung-min was added to become a four-man Welsh mafia.
Legendary Bale, Son Heung-min loves crazy. Half of Sonny is Welsh, and he's qualified for the trophy 24 hours a day
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Before coming to Korea, Bale appeared on the YouTube Shoot For Love channel on the 3rd (Korea time). While talking about memories with Son Heung-min, Bale brought up the Welsh mafia story. He added "Son Heung-min is an honorary member of the Welsh Mafia. Son was close to Davis. It became a group with me and Rhoden joining. I was stuck around 24 hours a day. The Welsh Mafia seems to have formed naturally. We also made a t-shirt. Jose Mourinho will also have one," he recalled. Bale also joked, `Son Heung-min is half Welsh.'

Bale watched the Europa League (UEL) final, which became Son Heung-min's first winning stage in his club career. Bale was on the scene as a guest commentator from Tottenham. Bale sincerely congratulated Son Heung-min for winning his first championship.
Legendary Bale, Son Heung-min loves crazy. Half of Sonny is Welsh, and he's qualified for the trophy 24 hours a day
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Bale said "Son Heung-min deserved the real trophy. Had an amazing career at Tottenham, really committed to the team. Now I moved to my former team, LA FC. I hope Son Heung-min wins the trophy at LAFC like I did," he said to applause.

Bale said he was still in touch with Son Heung-min. Bale was one of the players who recommended LA FC to Son Heung-min. "It's the same agency. I talked for a moment and told you what a great club it is" he said. When asked for advice on living in L.A., he laughed "I just want to tell you to avoid traffic, but it's almost impossible"




Bale decided to retire after only playing the second half of the season after leaving Real for LA FC in the 2022 season.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.