GIGGS’ FEAR ON BALE
WALES boss Ryan Giggs will make a late fitness call on Gareth Bale after the Real Madrid superstar trained yesterday.
The country’s leading scorer came off in the late stages of Real’s 1-0 La Liga loss to Alaves on Saturday, making him doubtful to face Spain tomorrow.
It was feared to be a recurrence of a groin injury that saw Bale (right) miss Los Blancos’ Champions League tie at CSKA Moscow last week.
But the 29-year-old still joined his Welsh team-mates at their Vale of Glamorgan camp this week. He missed training on Monday to undergo a personal recovery session.
But he joined in with training yesterday and staff are confident Bale will be fit to travel for their Nations League tie in the Republic of Ireland next Tuesday.
JACK WILSHERE is supporting NCF Elites, which provides specialist coaching for kids of all ages. Former Arsenal coach Paul Johnson, a member of Arsene Wenger’s backroom team for 22 years, and NCF director Nick Cook have organised and are running sessions at the College of North East London in Enfield.
It is designed to help talented youngsters get the best coaching, which could help them reach the Gothia Youth World Cup – the world’s biggest youth football tournament.