Wales could only draw their World Cup qualifier with Georgia on Sunday afternoon… but never mind that. Let’s talk about Gareth Bale’s hair.
As keen observers of Bale’s football career will have noted, the former Spurs number three has sported a man bun for the majority of his time at Real Madrid.
Here, look…
However, during the frustrating draw in Cardiff, viewers were intrigued to see that Bale’s locks temporarily broke free from their usual tied-up position.
GARETH BALE HAS LOST HIS HAIR TIE! I REPEAT, GARETH BALE HAS LOST HIS HAIR TIE! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
— Travis (@HuskerTR) October 9, 2016
Because people are weirdly fascinated with footballers’ hairdos, the sight of Bale letting his hair down caused quite the reaction on Twitter.
Many gave it the thumbs up…
https://twitter.com/Officialhbkmano/status/785177907337519104
https://twitter.com/BaleNation/status/785164168718651392
With some going as far as saying stuff like this…
https://twitter.com/bloodonthesands/status/785170833199226880
Bale's hair is longer than my future pic.twitter.com/4dIP7zTf87
— Yassine 🥷🏿 (@YassineFutbol) October 9, 2016
Some struggled to process the fact that Bale’s hair was actually quite long when it wasn’t tied up. Who’d have thought?
https://twitter.com/wejuli256/status/785215412204101632
Others struggled to get their heads around the fact an image of Bale with his hair down was finally in the public domain…
https://twitter.com/StevenWebster1/status/785195417776582656
This guy was looking back on Bale’s Tottenham days with dewy eyes…
Bale's hair was class at Tottenham man, such a let down
— . (@yessirrskiii) October 9, 2016
Being the internet, there were plenty of folk who didn’t like what they saw…
Seeing Gareth Bale running with his hair open had us all like! #WCqualifiers #WALGEO pic.twitter.com/ojhcXAH1tI
— Dhwanil (@thaonenil) October 9, 2016
And plenty of people wanting to talk about Bale’s battle to hide a bald patch…
The lengths Gareth Bale is going to to cover his bald patch is incredible. Just accept it Gar.
— €v$¥ – Armageddon Wants Company (@stradeypark) October 9, 2016
So. Modern comb-over…#bald #bale pic.twitter.com/tjHyLtnNUC
— Raúl Madrid (@raulparasiempre) October 9, 2016
Robert here even went to the trouble of cropping a photo of it…
https://twitter.com/bbqbobs/status/785211462197338112
Bale scored Wales’ goal, incidentally. Not that this is anything like as important as his hair.
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