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Gareth Bale bizarrely given No 50 shirt as winger returns to action for Real Madrid in friendly against AC Milan following return from loan spell at Tottenham

Daily Mail | August 8, 2021

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Gareth Bale has bizarrely been given the No 50 shirt on his return to action for Real Madrid.

The winger is back at Real following his loan spell at Tottenham and was named in the starting lineup for the friendly against AC Milan on Sunday.

However, the Wales international was given what seems like an unnecessarily high squad number.

Gareth Bale was bizarrely given the No 50 shirt for Real Madrid's friendly against AC Milan

ud83dudccbu2705 Our starting XI ud83cudd9a @ACMilan! pic.twitter.com/uAbx1I64Tr

— Real Madrid C.F. ud83cuddecud83cudde7ud83cuddfaud83cuddf8 (@realmadriden) August 8, 2021

Bale previously wore the No 11 shirt for Real from 2013 to 2020.

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