GARETH Bale is tipped to make Real Madrid’s Champions League final against Juventus – despite not yet returning to training. The Welsh flier is battling a calf problem after lasting only 35 minutes of Real’s El Clasico loss against Barcelona on April 23. But boss Zinedine Zidane expects the La Liga giants’ record £85million signing to line up at Cardiff on June 3, according to the Mirror.

Gareth Bale

The former Spurs and Southampton wideman is reportedly eating six meals a day in a recovery regime that many stars could not cope with.

Zidame himself would only say of Bale: “We have to take it one day at a time. he is trained using the indoor facilities, but every day he gets better.”

“We will see how he goes, but he’s not back in the group just yet and I can’t tell you when he’ll return. I hope he’s back soon.”

Bale, 27, sat out three months following an ankle injury in May.