Real Madrid star Gareth Bale says leaving Tottenham was the right decision.
Drawn together in the Champions League, Bale will face his former club for the first time in four years this season.
Bale told the Daily Mail: "I'm a different player of course I am. I've had to change. When you're a young player who arrives on the scene and starts doing well people figure you out and you have to find other ways to get past the opposition.
"So yes I've changed a lot but I can still remember turning up at Spurs from Southampton. It feels like a long time ago now. It's been a long and eventful journey from coming in as a left back to pretty much playing out on the right wing or at least up front, it's been a big transition.
"It feels like I got on the football ladder and kept climbing."