Best of 2013: Top 5 most memorable football moments of 2013

2013 was yet another scintillating, emotion-soaked year for football and its fans in general. As we enter this New Year, let’s revisit the most memorable moments of the beautiful game, that we will cherish for years to come. Grab your tissues!

5. The Gareth Bale transfer –

When you combine Daniel Levy’s frugal negotiating powers with Fiorentino Perez’s willingness to splash the cash, you know what you will get.

When Gareth Bale expressed his desire to join the Spanish giants Real Madrid in the summer of 2013, we knew what we had on our hands; another player-club dogfight. Tottenham Hotspurs were not willing to let go of their phenomenal Welshman whereas the latter was pulling every string possible to build his bridge to Madrid.

The result was what a lot of people expected; Bale was Madrid-bound, but it was the price that surprised the majority. Perez broke the transfer record he once set while signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. The fee was $135 million and it made the former Southampton left-back the most expensive football player in the world.

Having won the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Player of the Year awards last season, Gareth Bale was always destined to leave and the Premier League was always destined to witness it’s yet another superstar leave for the Galacticos.