Gareth Bale STARTS for Real Madrid in their season-opener against Celta Vigo as Zinedine Zidane makes U-turn weeks after declaring he wanted the Welshman to find another club

Axar.az reports citing Dailymail that Gareth Bale has been handed a place in Real Madrid's starting XI to face Celta Vigo as Zinedine Zidane appears to have made a sensational U-turn on his stance of the Welshman.

The Real manager made it no secret that he wanted to offload the former Tottenham winger this summer and publicly stated that he hoped his departure could be finalised in a swift manner.

However, Zidane looks like he's ready to rely on Bale once again with Marco Asensio and Eden Hazard both unable to start Saturday's season-opener at the Estadio de Balaidos.