Zinedine Zidane, coach of Real Madrid, changed his speech regarding Gareth Bale, whom he publicly asked to leave during a preseason that he ended by affirming that he counts "with everyone who is here", including the Welshman and James Rodríguez.
"James and Bale are players of the team, they are registered and we count on all the players who are here, although anything can happen until the 31st," he said in a press conference after the 2-2 draw against Roma. "They are players of Real Madrid and, as a coach, I have to count on all the players who are training," he added.
Bale had minutes again with Real Madrid in the second half of the match against Roma, while James trains with the team but has not been called up for any game.
"James is a player who is registered with us today, he has not been called up for the last two games, but that can change. Anything can happen until the 31st, and in the end, a player from Real Madrid, the coach will always count on him. The players who stay will be counted until the 31st, I will say the same thing because I will not count anything and I count on the players in the squad," said the French coach, who preferred not to talk about the arrival of Neymar.
The Brazilian forward, who was not called up for the last game with PSG, is on Real Madrid's radar, but 'Zizou' prefers to leave that to the administrative sphere.
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