BREAKING NEWS: Bale signs new six-year Real Madrid contract

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Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Gareth Bale on a new contract that will keep him at the club for six years.

Gareth Bale has signed a new contract with Real Madrid that will tie him to the club until June 2022.

The European champions confirmed the deal – which if completed will see the 27-year-old's stay at the Santiago Bernabeu reach nine years – on Sunday.

"Real Madrid and Gareth Bale have agreed an extension to the player's contract, keeping him at the club until the 30th of June 2022," read the club's statement.

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"Gareth Bale will appear at a press conference in the media room at the Santiago Bernabeu on Monday at 1:30pm."

Bale signed from Tottenham in what was then a world-record €100million deal in 2013 and won the Champions League in two of his first three years with Madrid.

Bale, who played in Madrid's 4-1 win away to Alaves on Saturday, has made 135 Madrid appearances in all competitions and scored 63 goals.