Gareth Bale says Cristiano Ronaldo has made him feel welcome at Real Madrid.

The Wales international joined the Spanish giants from Tottenham Hotspur for 100million euros (£85.3m), making him the world's most expensive player.

Some had suggested Portuguese star Ronaldo might not take kindly to having that record taken away from him.

But having now had his first training sessions with Madrid following a week away on international duty, Bale had nothing but positive things to say about meeting the former Manchester United winger.

"It was amazing," said Bale, 24, who was speaking yesterday at the unveiling of Madrid's new third kit. "He's a nice guy, he made me feel welcome...just like everybody else did.

"They made me feel settled straight away and I'm just looking forward to getting on the pitch and doing well."

Ahead of tomorrow's trip to Villarreal, Bale concedes he is lacking match fitness having not played for Tottenham before his record-breaking move and he featured only as a substitute for Wales this week. He said: "I feel good. I've been training last week with Wales and I've had two good sessions here.

"I got half an hour to 40 minutes' game time with Wales and I'm feeling good, but obviously I'm a bit behind physically than everybody else, but hopefully I can catch up as soon as possible."

Bale feels he should be able to adapt easily to the Madrid style of play.

He said: "That was a key factor in me wanting to come here - the style of football obviously suits the way I play.

"At Real Madrid there's pressure to win every game. Everybody knows we are all working hard on training and working hard on the pitch to achieve our goals and win everything we can."