GARETH BALE has NOT travelled with the Real Madrid to the Audi Cup in Munich – because he has been left too upset by collapse his megabucks move to China.
The Spanish giants will play his old club Tottenham at the Allianz Arena tomorrow night.
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Gareth Bale was still used by Madrid as part of their official new third kit launch despite not travelling with them to Munich because he has been left too upset by collapse his megabucksCredit: Real Madrid
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The forward looked set to join Jiangsu Suning in China before the Real board performed a dramatic U-turnCredit: Splash News
But Bale will not be there after he did not travel with the rest of Real squad.
The Wales wizard is said to be devastated after Bernabeu chiefs called off his proposed £1million a week switch to Jiangsu Suning yesterday.
REAL U-TURN
Bale, 30, was due to join the Chinese Super League club this week after Real boss Zinedine Zidane made it clear he was not of part of his plans.
But Real Madrid president Florentino Perez pulled the plug on the move at the 11th hour, leaving star in limbo.
Bale is said he to be furious with how Zidane and Perez have treated him.
Suning had agreed a deal with both Real and Bale, only for Perez to change his mind and demand a fee which resulted in the move collapsing.
Bale has not been offered any explanation over the U-turn or any reassurances over his role at Real.
Sources close to Bale do not think an alternative move will now materialise this summer, with the Chinese transfer window shutting on Wednesday and Suning instead signing Ivan Santini.
That has left Bale convinced he will be left to rot in the Real stands while Zidane remains in charge, despite Perez’s hope that the former France international’s stance can be changed.
Bale’s £600,000-a-week contract still has three years to run, meaning Real could have to pay him over £90m not to play.
Zidane was branded a “disgrace” by Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett for going public over his desire to get rid of the former Tottenham star.
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