Gareth Bale looks to have re-found his smile at Real Madrid and brushed off his recent woes, having been handed a route back in from the cold by Carlo Ancelotti. Bale spent last season on loan at Tottenham after being frozen out by Ancelotti's predecessor, Zinedine Zidane, but has returned to the club in optimistic spirits. Their headline is 'the smile is back', and the publication also points out that Bale has been 'loving life' under Ancelotti since he arrived from Everton earlier this summer. 'The team has worked really hard in pre-season, every single player has put in a shift,' Ancelotti told reporters. Having started the friendly against AC Milan in Austria, Bale won a spot-kick but was then denied from 12 yards by goalkeeper Mike Maignan.

Source: Daily Mail August 18, 2021 00:00 UTC