Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that injury-plagued Gareth Bale will travel with the rest of his Real Madrid team-mates to Dubai when they play in the Club World Club later this month.

The Welshman has endured several injuries this year with his most recent setback coming in Madrid's Copa Del Rey draw with Fuenlabrada, after the forward set up both of his side's goals to help them progress through to the next round.

The 28-year-old is recovering from a calf problem which resulted in him missing out on his side's goalless stalemate with Athletic Bilbao at the weekend.

Zinedine Zidane confirms Gareth Bale will be a part of his plans for the Club World Cup

The 28-year-old trained with a tennis ball on Tuesday as he continues his recovery from injury

The former Tottenham winger is definitely out of Madrid's clash with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday and is unlikely to feature this weekend against Sevilla.

However, the Real Madrid boss is confident he will be fit within a week or two after confirming that he returned to light training.

'I don't know yet, we'll see if there's an option for him to play against Sevilla,' Zidane told reporters ahead of Dortmund's visit.

'He hasn't trained with us yet, so we'll need to wait and see. He's training on his own and as soon as he's back we'll see what he's capable of.

'But he'll definitely come to Abu Dhabi.'

The Spanish giants are still waiting to find out who their opponents will be for their Club World Cup semi-final match on December 13, which Zidane hopes will be enough time for Bale to recover.

The 28-year-old forward has only managed 750 minutes in all competitions this season, scoring three times while he's created five goals for his team-mates.