It is Champions League time again so let's start with some trivia — how many more times do you need to win the European Cup, Gareth, before you become the Brit who has won it the most?
He isn't sure of the answer but he is sure of one thing: 'I know I'm the Welshman who's won it most times, that's the main thing.'
Ian Rush won it once, Joey Jones and Ryan Giggs twice. Bale is already on his third and if Real Madrid triumph next May in Kiev he will have equalled Phil Neal's 33-year-old record of four.