The Tottenham youngster mistaken for Gareth Bale

A viral lookalike moment left fans convinced Gareth Bale was at Tottenham — but it was a different player entirely.

What happened. Kenny McEvoy, a former Tottenham youngster, became known for looking so much like Gareth Bale that fans mistook him for the Welsh star. GiveMeSport looks back at what happened to him.

• Fans online were stunned by the resemblance to Bale
• McEvoy came through the ranks at Tottenham
• The mix-up became a viral talking point

“It’s still mental to me that this bloke wasn’t Gareth Bale”

— social media commenter

The piece revisits the lookalike confusion and traces where McEvoy's career went after Tottenham.

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