Bale To Remain In Madrid To Recuperate

[Folami David]

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale will remain in the Spanish capital to recover from a muscle strain rather than join up with Wales for their World Cup qualifiers against Macedonia and Belgium, the Spanish club's coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday.
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Bale, who became the world's most expensive player when he joined from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of €100 million in the close season, missed Wednesday's 4-0 Champions League win over FC Copenhagen but was named in the Wales squad for the October 11 and October 15 matches.
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However, Ancelotti said he would not travel and that he was expected to have recovered from the strain in his left thigh in time to feature in Real's first outing after the international break, a La Liga clash at home to Malaga on October 19.
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"He will stay here to train for 15 days and will be ready for the next match," Ancelotti told a news conference previewing Saturday's match against Levante.