John Hartson believes Gareth Bale's honest and hard-working nature would allow him to handle the pressure of a move to Real Madrid.
The Tottenham star continues to be heavily linked with a big-money summer shift to the Santiago Bernabeu and former Arsenal striker Hartson is confident he would be able to deal with the expectation of such a move.
"It wouldn't be an issue for Gareth," he said. "He's very level headed, his feet are firmly on the ground.
"I get to see him close up, obviously, working with him with the Welsh national team.
"He comes along to the squad and he works like all the other players, he gets his head down.
"He's got a great family. He doesn't come with a big entourage.
"He's got his agent, he's got his advisers and he's a really down-to-earth, level-headed lad and I think whatever Gareth does I'm sure he would have thought long and hard about it.''
