I played with Gareth Bale, but the underestimated leader was the best I’ve seen in my life.

Gareth Bale could be the best British soccer player of all time, but a former Tottenham player has no doubt about who his best teammate was.

Bullet He was in the Spurs from 2007 to 2013 and became impossible to play in his last two seasons in the Premier League before real Madrid He broke the world record transfer rate to sign it for £ 85 million.

Bale surprised the world in the Spurs before becoming a Madrid legendCredit: Getty

There, He won 15 trophiesincluding five crowns of the Champions League, playing an integral role in each victory.

However, he was a teammate in both Spurs and real that a former colleague describes above any person with whom he played.

Remembering his time with Bale in White Hart Lane, Sebastien Bassong told Talksport: “When we played (inter) Milan, I was playing with him and Samuel Eto’o came to me and said:” Who is that guy? ”

“I said: ‘You are about to find out, he will retire to Maicon’, and put it in a grave.

“I could have played alone to the left, left and left side. He was an introvert, he didn’t speak much. “

“But …” Bassong continued. “I will still go for Luka (Modric).”

Qualification of the Croatian legend As his best teammate, Bassong explained why the six -time winner of the Champions League was like no other.

“Luka, we call him Mozart, he is the best because he won the Golden Ball, in Spurs, he would go for Luka, no doubt,” he began, before explaining the 39 -year -old leadership qualities.

“Luka is not a talkative, he is introverted by nature, but when Luka spoke that everyone listened.

“Luka does not get angry, but if he does, there is a reason because it is very good and efficient. That is the type of person you want to follow, when he says something, give Luka the ball and he will dictate the game.

Modric's talent was clear from the beginning — Modric’s talent was clear from the beginningCredit: Getty

It was a memorable era for Tottenham fans with Superstars Bale, Modric and Rafa Van der Vaart in the teamCredit: Getty

“One day I had the ball and he came to me and I didn’t give him the ball because there were two players on his back. He came to me and said: ‘Bass, give me the ball.’ I said: ‘Yes, but …’ ‘said:’ Just give me the ball! ‘

“The next time I gave him the ball and did something incredible, he dropped his shoulder and passed two players, right and then a Crouchy goal (Peter Crouch).

“He came back to me and said: ‘What I told you, give me the ball!’ I said: ‘Listen to Chief, from now on I will give you the ball!’

“He was a leader, he was the boss, he was a captain and someone who wants to follow.”

Modric addressed the Spanish capital one year before Bale in 2012, and created a legacy of one of the best players in the game.

A World Cup finalist who still strengthens at age 39, Modric received a special tax after an impressive long -range goal against Girona on February 23.

Bassong played with Bale in Tottenham and experienced firsthand how the Welsh wives terrified the defensesCredit: Getty

But Bassong says that the teacher Croata Modric was, with much, the best with which he has touchedCredit: Getty

The Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti, was asked if Modric will receive a new contract and will become the first player to appear in the whites at the age of 40, and replied: “I have another player who won a champions League at age 40, who was (Paulo) Maldini.

“The two can be compared in terms of what a footballer has to have. There is a genetic element, but above all it is the commitment they have.

“That is the only way to reach 40, as Luka will do …”