Source: PA
Bale trying to keep his feet on the ground
Gareth Bale is determined not to get carried away with his new superstar status after waking to find himself one of the most talked about players on the planet.
The Tottenham winger's performance in Tuesday night's historic Champions League win over Inter Milan made headlines across Europe, while he surely can never have experienced the kind of media scrum that greeted him at an event in central London on Wednesday afternoon.
But the unassuming 21-year-old from Cardiff appeared to take it all in his stride in exactly the same manner as he did in repeatedly galloping past the hapless Inter defence.
"It's obviously nice to get people talking about you, saying nice things," said Bale at the launch of BT's new football fan website, www.lifesapitch.co.uk. "But I know I have to keep working hard and keep improving and that's all I want to do."
He was asked the usual question about speculation linking him with a move away from White Hart Lane, unsurprisingly giving his stock response.
"I don't take too much notice of it," he said. "Obviously, when I speak to the media a lot, people say stuff. But I try not to look at newspapers and just keep my feet on the floor."
