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…
Bale needs to keep his hair like that pic.twitter.com/wMPxi5BtCt
— Mano (@Officialhbkmano) October 9, 2016
How beautiful is @GarethBale11 s hair though ?? pic.twitter.com/J1vme3IUU9
— Bale's Nation (@BaleNation) October 9, 2016
With some going as far as saying stuff like this…
Bale gotta drop a hair care tutorial pic.twitter.com/wrcgerYfID
— nate grey (@bloodonthesands) October 9, 2016
Bale's hair is longer than my future pic.twitter.com/4dIP7zTf87
— Yassine (@TeamKroos) 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?
Didn't know Bale's hair is this long!! pic.twitter.com/8rLspTY7gT
— Wejul! (@wejuli256) October 9, 2016
Others struggled to get their heads around the fact an image of Bale with his hair down was finally in the public domain…
After a full year a pic of Gareth bale with his hair down finally exists
— Steve-o (@StevenWebster1) October 9, 2016
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
— RIP G-Rude (@Fazzgfc) 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
— Dhwaneel Shah (@ShahDhwaneel) 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.
— Adrian Evans (@stradeypark) October 9, 2016
So. Modern comb-over…#bald #bale pic.twitter.com/tjHyLtnNUC
— Solari = God (@SolariPMdS) October 9, 2016
Robert here even went to the trouble of cropping a photo of it…
Gareth Bale bald spot pic.twitter.com/cwqv6D34Xp
— Robert (@bbqbobs) October 9, 2016
Bale scored Wales’ goal, incidentally. Not that this is anything like as important as his hair.
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