Gareth Bale has endured another troubled campaign with injuries ensuring that he has not featured for Real Madrid across the past five months.
The Welshman had appeared to be enjoying a new lease of life in the Spanish capital following the return of boss Carlo Ancelotti this summer.
The Italian had been in the dugout whenever Bale signed for Los Blancos from Tottenham in the summer of 2013 and the forward’s best form at the club came under the boss.
