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My plan is to go back – Bale expecting Madrid return at end of season

Gareth Bale has spent the campaign on loan at Tottenham but is expecting to see out the final year of his Real Madrid contract next season.

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Tottenham Hotspur's Welsh midfielder Gareth Bale warms up ahead of the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on March 21, 2021. (Photo by Rui Vieira / POOL / AFP)
Tottenham Hotspur's Welsh midfielder Gareth Bale warms up ahead of the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on March 21, 2021. (Photo by Rui Vieira / POOL / AFP) RUI VIEIRAAFP

Wales captain Gareth Bale insists he is not distracted by uncertainty over his future and expects to return to Real Madrid at the end of the season as planned.

The 31-year-old rejoined Tottenham on a season-long loan from Madrid last September after falling out of favour at the Santiago Bernabeu under Zinedine Zidane.

Bale has had a mixed time of things since returning to north London, the forward having scored 10 goals and assisted three more in 25 appearances.

"The main reason I obviously came to Spurs was I wanted to play football, I wanted to be match fit. The original plan was only to do a season.

"After the Euros, I have a year left at Real Madrid. My plan is to go back."