Gareth Bale: 'Best is yet to come from me'

Tottenham Hotspur star Gareth Bale has insisted that he has yet to reach his peak.

The Welshman picked up this year's Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year gong, along with the PFA Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards, but believes that the best is yet to come.

"Hopefully there is a lot more [to come]," Sky Sports News quotes Bale as saying.

"I have only just started in my new free role in the middle, so there is still a lot to learn in that position for me, I still need to kind of figure out a few things - which is important.

"As I say to myself every season, I want to improve again, there are still things I need to improve, there are things which need working on in more areas than others, and I can do that."

Bale has scored 25 goals for Spurs in all competitions this season, helping the club mount a challenge for Champions League football.