Gareth Bale out due to Injury

Gareth Bale’s injury woes may be set to continue as the Real Madrid star was withdrawn at the half in his side’s scoreless draw with Atletico.

The forward had gotten off to a fine start in La Liga, with three goals and two assists in five games, as well as a tally in the Champions League.

But held off the scoresheet in a disappointing 3-0 loss to Sevilla midweek, Bale looked to get back among the goals in the big clash against their local rivals.

Yet his match would be ended early as though he made it through the first 45, Dani Ceballos came on to replace him at the start of the half.

BOSSGIST can confirm Bale has an adductor injury in his leg, though the severity of the problem is yet to be determined.

Injuries have been a problem for Bale for much of his Real Madrid career with calf and thigh problems costing him most of October and November of last season, though he did manage to make 26 league appearances last year and went as an unused substitute in seven other La Liga contests.

Other sets of injuries limited him to just 19 league appearances in 2016-17 and 23 in La Liga the year before.