Bale played golf while his Real Madrid teammates lost to Tottenham

Bale played golf while his Real Madrid teammates lost to Tottenham Real Madrid Didn't travel to Germany

Gareth Bale went for a round of golf in Madrid while his teammates lost to Tottenham in Munich on Tuesday.

The Welshman wasn't included in Zinedine Zidane's squad for the Audi Cup after his proposed move to Jiangsu Suning collapsed.

As reported in El Confidencial, Bale was pictured playing golf at the Ciudad Grupo Santander course at 20:00 on Tuesday evening, just as Los Blancos finished their match.

That means that Bale almost certainly didn't watch a minute of the game.

The reasons for Bale's absence in Germany is still a mystery. Real Madrid stated that he didn't travel because negotiations were still ongoing with Jiangsu, but Zidane gave a different explanation.

"He didn't travel because he didn't feel like it," the coach said about Bale.

"He wasn't fit and speaking with the medical department, it was best for him to stay in Madrid."

Reports in England suggest that Bale was unhappy at Real Madrid for not letting him move to China and refused to come with the squad to Munich.

As MARCA understand, Bale's representatives were annoyed at the fact that Real Madrid asked for a transfer fee for the forward at the last minute, meaning that an agreement couldn't be reached with Jiangsu.