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Not Every Real Madrid Player Was Happy To See Gareth Bale Return

Not Every Real Madrid Player Was Happy To See Gareth Bale Return

Bale came back from injury today but not all his colleagues were too happy.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

As the member of any football team you'd probably be happy to see one of the world's best players coming on as a sub for you, well that is unless he plays in the same position as you, and it's no different even at Real Madrid.

Most teams in the world might have missed someone like Gareth Bale but Real Madrid have just continued to dominate La Liga.

Today they played Espanyol and picked up another three points as they went four points clear of Barcelona, who don't play till tomorrow, still with a game in hand over their rivals

As well as the win the big news today was Gareth Bale returning from ankle injury after three months out of the team and he returned with a goal.

However a video that showed Bale getting ready to come on also picked up one of his colleagues James Rodriguez not being too thrilled about the substitution:

The return of the Welshman is likely to mean even less football for Colombian Rodriguez who has often been linked with a move away from the Bernabeu recently.

The look the former Monaco man gave was likely as he realised that Bale was Real's second sub of the game and he was unlikely to get on.

Bale was very happy with his return to the first team and sent a message to fans on Instagram:

In the past Bale has had run ins with Cristiano Ronaldo over who the top dog in Spain's capital should be.

The Welshman is unlikely to be put off by Rodriguez' reaction and the 2014 World Cup Golden Boot winner probably needs to leave the Bernabeu soonish.

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