Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo both said they could leave Real Madrid (Picture: Getty)

Zinedine Zidane has insisted Cristiano Ronaldo will remain at Real Madrid, but was unable to make the same assurances about Gareth Bale’s future at the club.

Bale and Ronaldo both announced after Real beat Liverpool in the Champions League final that they were considering leaving the club this summer.

Ronaldo’s admission stunned Real fans and his team-mates, while rumours of Bale’s unhappiness at the club has been circulating for several months.

Bale has fallen down the pecking order under Zidane in the last 12 months and wants assurances about his playing time after being dropped for the Champions League final.

‘Cristiano Ronaldo has to stay at Real Madrid,’ Zidane said after the game.

‘Cristiano Ronaldo will stay with Real Madrid, but we have to see. I think he is a Real player and we cannot describe what he has done in his career.

Ronaldo on his future ‘It was very nice to be in Madrid. In the next few days I will give an answer to the fans, who have always been by my side.’

‘Bale’s situation is a bit more complicated.’

Bale told reporters after the historic Champions League treble that he would be sitting down with his representatives this summer.

The Welshman would have no shortage of suitors and could be set for a return to the Premier League, but Bale’s transfer fee and wages may be a problem.

Bale on his future ‘I need to be playing week-in week-out and that hasn’t happened this season for one reason or another. I have to sit down in the summer and discuss my future with my agent and take it from there. Obviously I was very disappointed not to start the game, so the best I could do was come on and make an impact – and that’s what I did.’

Ronaldo too would be hot property should he demand to be sold and the Real star’s surprise admission has not only angered the fans, but his team-mates too.

The Portugal international failed to make the impact he would have liked against Liverpool, while Bale came off the bench to score two goals.

One was a superb overhead kick that restored Real’s lead after Sadio Mane had grabbed Liverpool’s equaliser in the 55th minute.

Bale started the Liverpool game on the bench (Picture: Getty)

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Bale was then gifted a second goal when his long-range effort was parried into the net by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius.

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Ronaldo and Bale are both tied down to long-term deals, the Wales international is under contract until 2022 while his team-mate has a deal that runs until 2021.

It could take a record transfer fee to sign either of the talented forwards.