Real to decide on Bale call-up
Wales boss Chris Coleman has revealed that Real Madrid will have the final say on whether Gareth Bale features for his country during the upcoming international break.
The 'Cardiff Express' has spent the last 37 days on the sidelines due to a calf injury, with his last appearance coming on September 26 against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.
However, despite his lack of game time, Coleman has called the 28-year-old up for Wales' friendlies against France and Panama, risking a potential club versus country row.
Bale missed out on Wales' last two World Cup qualifiers as they missed out on next summer's tournament and despite these two friendlies potentially being Coleman's last two games in charge, he says that he will not involve the former Spurs winger without Real's express permission.
"We are in open dialogue with Real and we will be governed by what they say. He will be training with us because he is at a good level," the former Fulham boss explained.
"If they [Real] say he can play 10 or 20 minutes then great. If they say no, then absolutely not.
"We will tell them where he is and they will get data off us every day like they always do.
"We will know anyway when we see him but if Madrid say he is not playing, he is not playing.
"If they say he can play 20 or 30 minutes that is exactly what will happen, but we are just delighted that he is going to be involved in some capacity.''
Bale is though to be one of the players who attempted to convince Coleman to remain at the helm following the defeat to the Republic of Ireland last month which ended Wales' hopes of going to the World Cup.