Details of Gareth Bale injury after Tottenham medical team diagnose problem

Gareth Bale is suffering from a knee injury, which will see him sidelined for a month.

The Real Madrid forward is currently in London, where he underwent a medical before completing a £20million loan move to Tottenham.

Spurs already knew the 31-year-old was carrying an injury.

Bale picked up the knock to his knee while on international duty with Wales, after he started in both victories over Finland and Bulgaria.

On his return to Madrid, Bale immediately underwent rehabilitation and had the injury assessed by Real’s medical team.

It was understood at the time that the injury wasn’t too serious, although Real were disappointed that Bale had suffered yet another set-back.

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The 31-year-old was reportedly training in the Valdebebas gym in Madrid in a bid to return to full match fitness.

Bale then flew to London on Friday, where he was assessed by Spurs’ medical team.

The staff were able to determine the extent of the knee injury, and according to reports, concluded that it would be at least a month before he’d be able to feature for Spurs.

The fact that the deal still went through – at a significant cost to Tottenham – suggests the injury isn’t particularly serious and that Bale will spend the majority of the month getting match fit, rather than recovering.

Bale joined Real Madrid from Tottenham back in 2013 in a deal worth £86million.

The Welshman went on to win four Champions League trophies and two La Liga titles, but has fallen down the pecking order in recent years.

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