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'Nothing has changed' for Bale at Madrid despite strong showing against Arsenal - Zidane

Zinedine Zidane praised Gareth Bale's goalscoring performance against Arsenal but insisted nothing had changed with the Real Madrid outcast.

Bale came off the bench to rescue Madrid, who trailed 2-0 at half-time before the Wales star scored to inspire a 2-2 draw at the International Champions Cup, where Zidane's men prevailed 3-2 on penalties.

Tipped to leave Madrid, Bale sat out last week's loss to Bayern Munich, with Zidane confirming after the match that the club were looking to let the winger move on this summer .

That sparked a war of words between the club and the player's team, with agent Jonathan Barnettu200b calling Zidane "a disgraceu200b" and the Real Madrid boss hitting back that he had no disrespected anybody.