Global media reaction to Gareth Bale's ignorance about Boris Johnson and Brexit
Bale's comments about not keeping up to date with the news and current affairs surprised many: "I don’t even know who the prime minister is anymore. I haven’t got a clue".
The world's media reacted with surprise at Gareth Bale's comments to The Telegraph in which he admitted that he has no interest in keeping informed about what is going on back home in Britain and that he is so out of touch, that he couldn't even name the Prime Minister... "I don’t even know who the Prime Minister is anymore. I haven’t got a clue. "Boris Johnson? Well, there you go. I didn’t know that. I thought he was the mayor?"
Wales Online: "Gareth Bale admits that he doesn't know how the Prime Minister is. The Real Madrid star has gained something of a reputation in Spain for an introvert who spends more time on the golf course than with his team-mates, with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois nicknaming him 'the golfer'".
A Bola: "Brexit? I don't even know how the Prime Minister is. Bale has been widely criticised for his disinterest in adapting to Spanish culture".
El País: "Gareth Bale revealed that he longer has the ame drive and ambition for football that he had as a teenager at the start of his career".