Gareth Bale is aiming to follow in the footsteps of his Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo and become the world's best player.
The 25-year-old Welshman joined Real in a world-record £85m deal in 2013 and won the Champions League in his first season, though he is still looking to improve.
"If you don't want to be the world's best you probably shouldn't be playing football," he told BBC Sport. "I'm improving all the time and trying to get to the level Cristiano's at.
"The amount of goals he scores and what he does for the team is incredible. Nobody is living up to that at. At the moment he's on another level to everyone else.
"By seeing him in training and in games it gives me that kind of platform to aim for and keep improving, and hopefully one day I can get there."
Bale scored 22 goals in his debut season at the Bernabeu.
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Phil Archbold
Phil Archbold
