He returned to training at the start of this month only to almost immediately fall victim to a thigh injury. Sports dailies Marca and AS recently calculated that Bale has until now missed more than 70 Madrid games through injury since joining the Spanish giants. Indeed, including Bale’s bumper salary, AS believe his 159 games for the club have cost Madrid 1.06 million euros a match. Captain Sergio Ramos is also a doubt for Saturday’s game after suffering a broken nose in last weekend’s 0-0 derby draw away to Atletico Madrid. Ramos did return to training on Friday wearing a protective mask, but Marco Asensio missed the session due to a minor injury.

Source: The Guardian November 24, 2017 13:41 UTC