BALE FEATURES BUT NO RONALDO IN REAL MADRID’S 2018-19 KIT LAUNCH
The Welshman has been heavily linked with an exit from the Santiago Bernabeu but has been pictured in the new strip for the 2018-19 season Gareth Bale may be linked with a mega-money move to Manchester United, but the Wales forward has featured in Real Madrid’s latest kit launch. Bale scored twice in the Champions League final at the weekend, the first a brilliant overhead kick, as Real ran out 3-1 winners over Liverpool in Ukraine. However, his exceptional acrobatics did not dominate the headlines, as he gave an interview after the game insisting that he must be playing regularly, sending the transfer rumour mill into a frenzy. United have been heavily linked with the 28-year-old, while former club Tottenham are said to have first refusal on any deal. Nevertheless, the attacker features heavily in Madrid’s kit launch, along with Marcelo, Toni Kroos, Karim Benzema and Nacho Fernandez. Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence from the launch may set tongues wagging, too, after the Portugal su