Gareth Bale has been awarded a new squad number at Real Madrid after the Welshman was stripped of his favoured number 11 shirt.The winger has returned to Los Blancos ahead of the new campaign after his involvement with Wales at Euro 2020.And Carlo Ancelotti is looking to reintegrate Bale in the Madrid first-team after a year away.Bale spent last season out on loan in North London at Tottenham Hotspur, and he was been stripped of the number he has held since his world-record move back in 2013.The 32-year-old has instead taken the number 18 shirt for the season.During Bale's absence, Marco Asensio took over the mantle of number 11 after Bale had taken the shirt from, bafflingly, Ricardo Carvalho.Bale has taken over the number 18 shirt from.
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