Gareth Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett: No problems with Cristiano Ronaldo

“Gareth is a quiet guy”.

That brings up the possibility of a match between Real Madrid’s two biggest stars in Bale and Ronaldo, although it is thought the cost of convincing Portugal, now fourth in the Federation Internationale de Football Association rankings, to come to south Wales may prove prohibitive.

But Bale has reportedly defied that request and insisted that he will play in the match in Cardiff against Andorra on Tuesday, so as to be part of the expected party atmosphere as Wales celebrate a first major tournament berth since the 1958 World Cup. “But I think Gareth can learn a little bit from Ronaldo as well, interacting maybe a little bit”, Barnett said.

However, with a place among Europe’s elite next summer assured, Coleman wants to book a fixture against high-quality opposition to get his side prepared.

Ronaldo and Messi are widely regarded as the best players in the world and have won seven Ballons d’Or between them, with the Argentine winning the prestigious individual trophy on four occasions and the Real forward taking the award home three times.

And Bale told BBC Wales Sport: “This will probably go down as the best loss in my career”.

“He has a few very good endorsements, but his whole life is to be the best footballer in the world”.

It may have been a deleted scene, but it gave a nice insight into the pair’s relationship ahead of the documentary which is due to be released from November 9.

Former Real manager Carlo Ancelotti said last week that he does not think Ronaldo will leave Madrid for Paris Saint-Germain, as reports periodically suggest, next year. “I think that the new guard is coming and there’s a few resentment, perhaps, to that”, he added, in reference to the media criticism. But what keeps him scoring 55 to 60 goals a season is the fact that he says to himself: “This year I have to score one more than the other guy every time”‘.

“It’s good to get a few minutes and this [game] will help and I’ll be saying to the gaffer I want to be playing on Tuesday”.