Real Madrid Welsh winger to return for Copa tie

Gareth Bale's latest return from injury has Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane salivating at the prospect of the winger reuniting the club's BBC front line.

With Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo unable to find consistency in 2017/18, the Blancos boss may well be eyeing up Bale's comeback against Fuenlabrada as a chance for Real's chief scorers to turn the page.

"We cannot play with 12 or 13," Zidane told reporters.

"But I do want to see all three, Cristiano, Bale and Benzema, playing together, because I haven't seen them play together for a long time.

"[Bale] will be with us tomorrow. The idea is for him to play [against Fuenlabrada]. I want to see Bale at one hundred percent as soon as possible, but I cannot say when he will be at that stage.

"I think he's doing well. The main thing is that he has to play and it's in the full flow of the game that his next step will become clear for us.

"The idea is to play tomorrow, but we'll have to see how much."

With LaLiga still reeling from an embarrassing night at Estadio Mestalla, Zidane gave his take on goalline technology.

"It's expected to be implemented, we all know that technology changes things and it's a system that will improve football," he added.

"I'm not going to go into [the controversies], you're always looking for them and I don't want to. I focus on my team, there are many others who want to talk about that."

Reports have continued to push forward the idea of Madrid entering the January market in order to solve their early season struggles and Zidane admitted that signings are a possibility.

"It can happen, nothing else," insisted the coach. "I am very happy with my squad and I don't want anyone to leave.

"But then in football anything can happen, and there are other people than me to dictate these things.

"When the market begins, we will talk. They talk about a forward or a goalscorer, I won't talk about anything.

"We know we can make signings, but nothing else."