Adidas put a Bale '11' shirt onto the Madrid online store

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Gareth Bale’s signing by Real Madrid seems so on-track that, though the deal hasn’t been announced, the club shop is already selling the Welshman’s shirts.

He’s been given the number 11, as this newspaper announced he would be. The photo accompanying this article shows his name appearing between those of Özil and Marcelo.

When clicking on the Bale option the store only offers a photo of the front of the shirt, not the reverse with name and number printed. The responsibility is not that of the club however, but of Adidas, who directly manage the online club store of Real Madrid.

Overall this is likely to be just another story that shows how close the deal is to being done and it’s not something new. Last year Real Madrid published a player profile of Modric on their website without the deal for the Croat having been announced. It was quickly removed and the club stated that a “hacker” had done it.

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