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Jermaine Jenas reveals the STRANGE pre-match meal Gareth Bale used to eat at Tottenham... as the former midfielder explains he once tried to copy the Welsh star, but it 'didn't go well'

Jermaine Jenas has revealed what his former Tottenham team-mate Gareth Bale used to eat ahead of games.

Jenas, 40, spent eight years with Spurs from 2005 to 2013 which overlapped with Bale's time at the club between 2007 to 2013.

During that period, Bale transformed from a promising youngster struggling to get gametime to one of the best players in the Premier League, earning himself a world record £85.3m transfer to Real Madrid.

And, during TNT Sports' coverage of Brighton's 0-0 draw with Wolves on Monday - during which Jenas' co-commentator Adam Summerton noted how Brighton star Pascal Gross has rice, chicken and olive oil, along with some Weetabix ahead of each game - Jenas opened up on Bale's strange routine.