The Gareth Bale sideshow is hampering Real Madrid preparations for the new season.
Much conjecture surrounds how things might transpire, and the whole saga has just taken another twist with BBC Sport reporting within the last hour that the Welsh international has pulled out of Real Madrid’s trip to Munich to play in a pre-season tournament. This of course follows the collapse of his anticipated move to China.
Last week Real boss Zinedine Zidane declared Bale was ‘very close to leaving’ and that the development would be ‘best for all concerned’.