Gareth Bale backed to be Wales captain Published: 09:40 EDT, 28 August 2018 | Updated: 11:15 EDT, 28 August 2018 Gareth Bale's Real Madrid renaissance proves he has the character to be a future captain of Wales, according to his former international colleague Simon Davies. Bale was seemingly inching towards the exit door at the Bernabeu before scoring twice in Real's Champions League final victory against Liverpool in May. Instead, manager Zinedine Zidane and team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo left Madrid after that triumph and Bale has since played a pivotal part under new boss Julen Lopetegui, scoring in Real's opening two LaLiga wins.'It's funny how it's all worked out for Gareth,' Davies told Press Association Sport. Gareth Bale has been backed to be a future Wales captain by Simon Davies'The middle of last season he was struggling with injury and Ronaldo was always the main man.'Then he scores those goals in the Champions League final, Ronaldo leaves, and now he's the main man.'So he's probably got what he's always wanted the... --------------------- DONT FORGET SUBSCRIBE FOR ME : https://goo.gl/r8kgfa