How Gareth Bale and Zinedine Zidane reached the point of no return at Real Madrid

Gareth Bale Zinedine Zidane

Something happened in the 24 hours leading up to Real Madrid’s first pre-season match against Bayern Munich in Houston which changed Zinedine Zidane’s stance on Gareth Bale dramatically.

On Friday night, in a pre-match press conference, the Frenchman was coy. “Bale is not a problem,” he began. “I will never say that one of my players is a problem. Anything can happen, he’s under contract. We’ll see. Nothing has changed since last June. Nothing at all.” 

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