Class has become a faded concept. It’s an overused word that has been eroded to nothingness. Everything is class now. That tweet, that opinion, that celebrity behaving with a slither of compassion.
But Gareth Bale is class, too, and there’s no ambiguity as to what that means. This has been a truncated season for him and his return to Tottenham obviously lacked the sensory background it needed and deserved, but it contained just enough reminders of what a fabulous player he was, is, and will likely remain for a few years yet.
There was one more glimpse on the final day. In the hurly-burly of that strangely
