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MADRID. — Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale believes Spain’s La Liga soccer is superior to the English Premier League as James Rodriguez becomes the latest big-name player to arrive in Spain. The Welshman helped Real secure the Champions League last season and will link up with Rodriguez, who completed a £63m move to the Bernabeu this week after some impressive displays for Colombia in the World Cup.

Bale learned his trade in the English Premier League, proving his worth during spells at Southampton and Tottenham before joining Real in a record breaking £85,3m switch last September.

He faces Barcelona’s top stars such as Lionel Messi, Xavi, Neymar and Iniesta on a regular basis and feels the best talent has been lured to La Liga.
“For me I think the Spanish league is the most exciting,” he said. “It’s the world’s top players there. Barcelona, Real Madrid are always in the Champions League, either winning it or coming very close.

“The English Premier League is a great league. I think it’s very close, but yeah I think we are attracting the best players now to La Liga and it’s making it more exciting and it’s great to be involved in it.”

Bale is also excited about Madrid’s prospects for the upcoming season as they prepare for the International Champions Cup in the USA.
“We enter six competitions and we want to win every one,” he said. “That would be amazing. We are hungrier than ever.
“No team has retained the Champions League so we want to do that.

“And there is a special touch for me because the Super Cup (against Sevilla) is in my home town (Cardiff). Hopefully we can do the job and get the trophy.” — Sky Sports.