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Gareth Bale<\/strong><\/p>\n Wales\u00a0star\u00a0Gareth Bale\u00a0has confirmed he will be heading to\u00a0LAFC\u00a0in Major League Soccer, sharing a video Saturday posing in the club\u2019s gear.<\/p>\n Bale\u2019s tweet, in which he also wrote \u201cSee you soon, Los Angeles,\u201d was shared by LAFC.<\/p>\n The blockbuster move would be a free transfer as\u00a0Bale\u2019s contract is up with Real Madrid. Sources confirmed to ESPN that the deal is expected to be completed using targeted allocation money (TAM),\u00a0as first reported by MLSSoccer.com,\u00a0leaving the club with an open designated player slot.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n He would be eligible to play for LAFC when the MLS transfer window opens July 7, meaning he could first feature against rival Los Angeles Galaxy at home the following day.<\/p>\n Sources told ESPN that Bale will fly out at the end of the week after a short break and sign a deal until the end of this season with the option of another year.<\/p>\n The move comes after\u00a0LAFC, which leads the MLS Supporters\u2019 Shield race, signed longtime\u00a0Italy\u00a0and\u00a0Juventus\u00a0defender\u00a0Giorgio Chiellini\u00a0earlier this month.<\/p>\n There is uncertainty over the future of Carlos Vela, but a source told ESPN the 33-year-old forward\u2019s future will be announced in a few days.<\/p>\n ESPN\u2019s\u00a0Taylor Twellman said\u00a0on Twitter: \u201cCarlos Vela has resigned with @LAFC as a DP until the end of \u201923. Bale & Chiellini are TAM players.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n In eight seasons with Real Madrid, Bale was part of five Champions League-winning sides and won LaLiga on three occasions. He scored 97 goals between LaLiga (80) and the Champions League (17) after a $106 million move from Tottenham before the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n However, his final campaign at the club was disrupted by injury and he featured in just seven Madrid games, starting four of them.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Gareth Bale Wales\u00a0star\u00a0Gareth Bale\u00a0has confirmed he will be heading to\u00a0LAFC\u00a0in Major League Soccer, sharing a video Saturday posing in the club\u2019s gear. Bale\u2019s tweet, in which he also wrote \u201cSee you soon, Los Angeles,\u201d was shared by LAFC. The blockbuster move would be a free transfer as\u00a0Bale\u2019s contract is up with Real Madrid. Sources […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1135344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[15916,19041,703],"class_list":["post-1135342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bale","tag-lafc","tag-lands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1135342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1135342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}