Madrid's First Welch Player

Bale is Real Madrid’s first Welch player

http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/Actualidad_Primer_Equipo_en/1330158339530/noticia/Noticia/Bale_is_Real_Madrid%E2%80%99s_first_Welch_player.htm

Meaning of welch: to avoid doing something you have promised to do, especially not to pay a debt:

Hope Tottenham have taken the money up front.