Gareth Bale

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Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey lined up for coaching badges by ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Bale and Ramsey played key roles to help Wales qualify for their first World Cup since 1958, with the country's football association helping them to play ...

It will be a great thing for Welsh football if they are involved with player development or longer term be involved with the national team." They have the skills and passion but it will be down to when they get into the course whether they enjoy coaching because you have to put both feet in. "The biggest thing is to give them an appetite for coaching to see if they enjoy it and if they are inspired and motivated by it then brilliant. "I hope on the back of that we will be able to utilise their experiences to support our young players. "To have those people inspiring the next generation of young players is a fantastic asset to the future development of our game in Wales. It's great for us. His national team are already beginning to plan for his retirement amid those rumours, with The Sun reporting both Bale and Ramsey will be offered places on coaching courses.

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Welsh Technical Director suggests Gareth Bale may take up coaching (Football Espana)

After links with Getafe were shot down, the latest surprising story about Gareth Bale is that he may go into coaching after the World Cup with Wales.

That may well have been linked to his less than fluent Spanish, but there seemed little desire to take on a vocal leadership role from the Welshman. While some revel in the attention, Bale seemed to do his best to keep a low profile for the most part. Whether those prospective coaching courses and wish to be of use to the Welsh setup could ever be converted into a desire to coach at the elite level remains to be seen.

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