HOW GARETH FELL FROM GRACE

HOW the mighty have fallen. Seven years ago he was football’s wonder boy, a goal-scoring sensation who signed to Spanish super-club Real Madrid for a record fee.

But it didn’t take long for the picture to change – to one of a disgruntled, demotivated player at odds with his coach, languishing on the bench while his teammates got the lion’s share of game time.

Now, after years of misery, one of football’s unhappiest marriages has finally come to an end.

Gareth Bale is set to return to Tottenham Hotspur FC, the club he left in a world-beating £86 million (R1,1 billion) transfer in 2013.

There’s been no great sadness at his departure. Instead