Txiki Toshack recommended the signing of Gareth Bale

Former Welsh coach, John Benjamin Toshack, recommended to the then Barca's technical secretary Txiki Begiristain the signing of a promising young man named Gareth Bale

Toshack, who knows Bale after giving the Welsh alternative selection of just 16 years, three years ago recommended the signing of Tottenham side as a good option for the future. "I spoke with Txiki Begiristain and said we had a very interesting young player whose progress was followed with great interest," said Toshack on statements made to the program 'Esports COPE. "


Despite the physical problems that Bale was in his early years at Tottenham, Toshack has always relied on the lateral potential. That's why he wants the best for that was his pupil and that would, in his words, who joined the club. "Barça is the best and Bale is the best. If Leo Messi is awesome in short spaces, Gareth it is in the long. It is a very fast player," said the coach, who knows but now be much more expensive Tottenham take the player that when he proposed his move to Txiki Begiristain.