Gareth Bale has not been included in Real Madrid’s squad for Friday’s Champions League clash against Manchester City.
Real trail 2-1 after the first leg of their last-16 tie and Bale will not be making the trip for the return at the Etihad Stadium.
The Spanish champions have announced their 24-man squad on Twitter and Bale’s omission is the latest sign of the breakdown in his relations with head coach Zinedine Zidane.
📋 Our 24-man squad for the match against @ManCity!#RMUCL | #HalaMadridpic.twitter.com/ybR3uqQDyP— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) August 5, 2020
Bale has become an increasingly peripheral figure at the Bernabeu and played no part in Real’s final match at Leganes last month.
The 31-year-old last appeared for Real in a 2-0 home win against Real Mallorca in June.
He has appeared indifferent to the stand-off between himself and the club through his touchline antics, which included pretending to be asleep while on the bench for a recent game against Alaves.
Bale, who is contracted until 2022, has won the Champions League four times since joining Real from Tottenham in an £85.3million deal seven years ago.
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