#3 Gareth Bale
Another Real Madrid superstar on the list, the Welshman was bought by the Los Blancos for a then world record fee of $100 million. The former Tottenham Hotspur left-back turned winger now dominates the right flank for the Spanish capital club and is a constant source of goals and assists from the flanks.
Bale shot to fame in the 2010 Champions League with his complete destruction of the apparently world-class Brazilian full-back Maicon. Bale scored a hat-trick that night and effectively ended Maicon’s career. He has grown in stature since then and has become the complete package with world class dribbling, passing, crossing and shooting skills along with the awareness to use them at the right time.
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The Real Madrid man has become especially dangerous from long-range over the years and has come up with some blinders for the Blancos in his time with them. EA, making sure that Bale’s shooting abilities are not underrated, gave him a high but suitable long shot attribute of 90.
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