Gareth Bale’s agent reveals brutal reason why the Wales legend rejected shock Wrexham transfer after Ryan Reynolds’ plea
GARETH BALE rejected Wrexham for the most blunt reason possible.
The legend’s agent revealed Bale turned down a plea from the Welsh club’s Hollywood A-list owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney because he’s simply lost his appetite for playing football.
The ex-Real Madrid and Tottenham attacker, 33, retired in January after winning 111 caps for Wales.
But Deadpool star Reynolds launched a “serious” charm offensive to persuade Bale to help Wrexham on their return to the EFL after 15 years.
Reynolds has just paid for the Red Dragons to have a lavish break in Las Vegas after they won the National League with a record 111 points.
And he might be disappointed with the certainty of the statement from Bale’s representative Jonathan Barnett.
The agent told Sky Sports: “I think for him, it [retirement] was the right time.
“He’s achieved everything he wanted to achieve – he played for Wales at the highest level of the World Cup, which is what he really wanted to do.
“And I think he knew his body wasn’t up to it anymore. He’s had a hard time with his body the last few years.”
Even more emphatically, Barnett added: “He’s had a great career. He’s enjoyed himself, but he is having a great life now.
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“He is with his family, which is the most important thing.
“He’s spending a lot of time with his children and that’s what he wants to do.
“Yes, he’ll do other things, obviously later down the line, but at the moment, let him just enjoy himself.”