Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti is considering starting £85.3m world record signing Gareth Bale, 24, on the bench in the Spanish side’s opening Champions League game of the season at Galatasaray on Tuesday.
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Chelsea striker Fernando Torres, 29, says he welcomes the competition for places that fellow forward Samuel Eto’o brings at the Stamford Bridge club and insists the pair are friends.
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Gareth Bale can ‘play in many positions and not just as a striker’, says Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti ahead of his team’s game with Turkish club Galatasaray in the Champions League.
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Manchester United manager David Moyes has a ‘longstanding interest’ in Bayer Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling.
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Gareth Bale’s arrival forced Mesut Ozil’s Real Madrid exit, and now the Welshman is considering whether to buy the Arsenal playmaker’s £1m property in the Spanish capital.
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