The agent of Gareth Bale has revealed he is perfectly happy and prepared to stay at Real Madrid for the next two years despite not playing.
Jonathan Barnett has broken the Bale camp's silence after a turbulent few weeks that have seen the former Tottenham man frozen out by Zinedine Zidane.
Bale was an unused substitute for Real’s opening matches of La Liga, before he angered the Spanish press with his antics in the stands.
He then cut an awkward figure as Madrid celebrated that success in front of the watching world before he was left out of the squad completely for Sunday's final league match as Zidane asserted his authority.
But despite the problems, Barnett has insisted that Bale is more than happy to sit things out in the Spanish capital.
"Gareth is fine. He has two years left on his contract," he told BBC Sport.
"He likes living in Madrid and he is going nowhere.
"He is still as good as anyone else in the team. It's up to [Real Madrid manager] Zinedine Zidane."
Before he added on a move away this summer: "Of course there's been interest but there's hardly a club in the world which can afford him.
"It's a great loss that he's not in the Real Madrid team at the moment but he will not leave.
"Gareth is not looking to outlast Zinedine Zidane. Mr Zidane has been very successful.
"There's no hatred. Mr Zidane just does not want to play him.
"Gareth trains every day and he trains well."
