Gareth Bale a 'grafter' says Lord Mervyn Davies The footballer, Gareth Bale, has been introduced to thousands of Real Madrid fans in the Spanish capital after being sold to the club for a record £85m. Lord Mervyn Davies is a former chief executive of Standard Chartered, and was on the board of Tottenham Hotspur until taking his position in Gordon Brown's government as Minister for Trade, Investment and Small Business in 2010. BBC Radio Wales' Felicity Evans began by asking him how he got to know Bale.