HALA MADRID: The match against Real Sociedad coming soon! Will Bale be in XI?

Hello Merengues, we bring you all-important Real Madrid news in the past 24 hours. Hala Madrid!

TEAM NEWS

Bale returns to Madrid squad

Madrid have announced their squad to face Real Sociedad as Vinicius out, Bale & Marcelo returns.

Madrid eager to extend with Benzema until 2023

Los Blancos are eager to extend it until 2023 and also raise his salary, to adapt it to his current leader status within the team, according to Marca.

As’s Cover 

“Odegaard back to the future: The player is put to the test in the Bernabeu.”

Diaz to leave on two-year loan, says his agent

Striker Mariano Diaz will be loaned out for two seasons but does not want a permanent agent, his agent has claimed.

Madrid win the prize for Best Sporting Institution 2019

Real Madrid won the prize for Best Sporting Institution 2019 at the New York Summit gala, in the American city. 

VOICE

Zidane: I'm counting on Bale

"I think he can be a decisive player again and I only think about that. I am counting on Bale, that's nothing new. He's going to be plugged in."

Hazard: My contacts with Madrid began 2 or 3 years ago

"It was a dream to come here. When I was very young, in my garden, Madrid was always the team I supported,

"My contacts with Real Madrid began two or three years ago, when I got injured with the national team. After the 2018 World Cup I wanted to come but Chelsea convinced me to stay one more season, with Sarri. "

James talks about his former coach at Banfield

"Falcioni was like a father [to me]," he told channel Otro.

"He felt and knew that I had the talent to play and gave me responsibility at age 18. That is a tough thing.

IN-DEPTH

Vinicius' camp see double standards in Bale's return

Vinicius has again been left out of Madrid's squad, with those close to him suggesting Zinedine Zidane has sent a "dangerous message" to the dressing room.

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Odegaard finally ready to wow the Bernabeu

No player will walk out onto the pitch at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday night with more wind under his wings than Martin Odegaard.

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TEAM VIDEOS

Mariano makes a golf swing gesture at training

During a rondo as the players warmed up for Friday training, Bale was unable to control the ball and Mariano teased him by suggesting he should hit the ball as he would with a golf swing, making a gesture.

ON THIS DAY

Figo & Pig head

OTD in 2002, Former Barcelona hero Figo returned to Camp Nou as a Madrid player, by the time he prepared to take a late corner, emotions had risen to the point where people in the stands were throwing things at him, including plastic bottles, cans, lighters, and a pig head.

MATCHDAY(CET)

Today is Matchday!!