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'Gareth Bale couldn't get a ball past me' says American finance worker

A driver cruising along a beach road got the shock of his life when he hit the brakes as a football bounced on to the tarmac in front of him.

Benjamin Brittenham feared a child would run out after it – but instead it was the world’s most expensive player.

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