This Monday, January 9, Welsh footballer Gareth Bale announced his retirement with immediate effect. Focus on the private life of the former Real Madrid star.
Definitely, the world of football is vibrating the news this Monday, January 9. While fans of the round ball have been torn apart since this morning following the virulent remarks made by Noel Le Graet, the president of the French Football Federation, with regard to Zinedine Zidane, now a new bomb comes to upset the sports news! Indeed, Gareth Bale, 33, former captain of the Wales team and ex-Real Madrid star striker, has announced that he is ending with effect “immediate“to his career in club as in selection. “After careful consideration, I announce my immediate retirement from club and national football.“, wrote on his Twitter account the former player at the head of five Champions League victories. In his long statement, Gareth Bale thanks his former clubs, teammates and managers, but also his friends and family. He sends a special mention to his wife and their children. “Your love and support has kept me going. You were by my side through good times and bad, and you kept me grounded all the way. You make me want to be better and make you proud“. A pretty statement that certainly touched his wife, Emma Rhys-Jones.
Gareth Bale: the player’s father-in-law has a heavy past
It was in high school that the young woman and the former player met, before getting married in 2019. The lovers are also parents of four children: Alba, born in 2012, Nava, born in 2016, Axel, born in 2018, and Xander, born in 2021. On a more anecdotal note, Emma Rhys-Jones is the daughter of a well-known Welsh policeman. Indeed, Martin Rhys-Jones, 58, was charged from 2011 to 2017, after having been at the head of a network of crooks accused of having extorted no less than 2.6 million euros from dozens of victims.