Approaching the end of his third season since a world record £86 million move from Tottenham, Gareth Bale can look back on a mixed time in Spain.

In 2014, his first full year at Real Madrid, he lifted four trophies. He scored the goal to put his side 2-1 up in the finals of both the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, with his ascension to the apex of world football seemingly coming together. But since adding the less celebrated Club World Cup and European Super Cup titles later that year, there has been a dearth of silverware at the Bernabeu.