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Gareth Bale is back for Real Madrid and the club is confident that his return will give them such a massive boost they will stay clear of the field in La Liga and win their first title since 2012.
Bale is akin to the winter transfer window signing every other team in the Champions League would have loved to make.
Madrid also see the reappearance of the man they call the ‘Cardiff Express’ in Spain as key to the reigning holders reaching Cardif
Bale wanted to play against Napoli in midweek but Zinedine Zidane decided to keep him in cold storage for a little while longer.
But Real Madrid definitely want Bale to start the second leg against Napoli on March 7 and Zidane is also desperate for his Welsh talisman to play in key league away games against Villarreal and Eibar in the next couple of weeks.
For him to meet those targets he needs to build up his match minutes over the next three weeks and Zidane is expected to name him on the bench to face Espanyol on Saturday.
The expectation is that he will make a brief appearance against Espanyol and then play for longer against Valencia in midweek.
f on June 3rd to defend their crown.
