The agent of Gareth Bale says the Welshman is being ignored by his Real Madrid teammates during games. Jonathan Barnett believes Real need to "pass the ball to him more" for Bale to prove his true value.

He told the Telegraph: "Real have to work with Gareth and pass the ball to him more. Give him more of the ball and let him show everybody what he's good at. He's going to be the best player at Real Madrid when his team-mates work with him and help him. Hopefully Real will come to terms with this."

Barnett added: "Most people would have been broken by this but he is determined.

"He could have screamed and shouted or knocked on the manager's office door but he doesn't want to upset anyone. I spoke to him on Thursday and while he's obviously p------ off things aren't going well he is desperate to get out there again."