Zinedine Zidane has insisted Gareth Bale is happy at Real Madrid and had the club’s permission to visit London on Monday.

Wales international Bale travelled to the English capital two days before his club’s La Liga game against Leganes, which he will miss through injury.

The former Tottenham winger reportedly used the trip to meet with his agent, Jonathan Barnett, as rumours surrounding his future started to re-circulate