Wales defender James Chester believes teammates Gareth Bale is the best player at Euro2016.

The Real Madrid star has scored in each of the Dragons' three group stage matches to help guide the tiny country to a first-placed finish in Group B, ahead of neighbours England.

Bale leads the way, alongside Spain's Alvaro Morata, for the race for the Golden Boot but it is not just his scoring ability that has Chester confident as Wales head into the Round of 16 of the UEFA competition.

"I'm not sure there's a better player individually than Gareth in the tournament," said Chester.

"We know how fortunate we are to have him in our team and if we can keep clean sheets then we know we give ourselves a real good chance.

"I can't speak for any of the other top players in the tournament - I don't know them - but Gareth is very passionate about playing for the national team.

"He turns up pretty much every time we have a game, which some of the top players maybe don't do.

"I think it's an environment that he really enjoys and we all get on really well together. As big a superstar as he is, he's still one of the lads."