Gareth Bale Not Fit to Play 90 Minutes For Wales in World Cup Qualifying Matches: Daily Soccer Report

After being the subject of a world-record transfer fee on Sunday between Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur, Gareth Bale is with the Wales squad in preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifier matches against Serbia and Macedonia. However, Wales manager Chris Coleman says that Bale is not fit enough to play 90 minutes against Serbia or Macedonia.

Perhaps Bale, who hasn’t played a competitive match since July 17 when he scored in a Tottenham Hotspur friendly against Swindon in a 1-1 draw, will be fit to play for Real Madrid in the club’s next match, against Villarreal on September 14.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

International soccer

• Gareth Bale links up with Wales but isn’t fit to play 90 mins against Serbia or Macedonia — Wales Online
• Scotland’s Ikechi Anya ready to graduate with honors after school of hard knocks — Telegraph
• Buckingham Palace to host 1st ever soccer match as part of FA’s 150th anniv. celebrations — The Mail
• Hodgson snub at Anfield reflects alarming trend towards attempted downgrading of England — Telegraph
• Daniel Sturridge and Jack Wilshere sit out England training as precaution — The Guardian

Premier League

• Manchester United: Fabio Coentrao move fails — BBC Sport
• Arsenal face being without Lukas Podolski until December — Metro
• Man United failed with late €40m bid for Sami Khedira — 101 Great Goals
• Besiktas reveal they are set to sign Alexander Buttner from Manchester United — Metro
• A rundown of Manchester United’s summer transfer window bumblings — Dirty Tackle
• Tottenham miss out Demba Ba after failing to do business before transfer deadline — Metro
• Mesut Ozil can breathe new life into Arsenal’s Emirates era — The Guardian
• Gareth Bale follows in the footsteps of the original Welsh superstar, John Charles — The Mail
• Newcastle United fans left frustrated by Joe Kinnear’s failure to land transfer targets — Newcastle Journal
• Victor Moses reveals how Daniel Sturridge helped him chose Liverpool — Evening Standard
• Premier League newcomers: 10 things you didn’t know — BBC Sport
• Premier League clubs spend a record £630m in summer transfer window — FC Business
• Crystal Palace co-owner hits out after failing to bring back Andy Johnson — Evening Standard
• Tottenham Supporters Trust to ask club about partnership agreement with Real Madrid — 101GG
• Adlene Guedioura joins Crystal Palace — Evening Standard
• Newcastle United striker Loic Remy bailed until November over rape allegations — Telegraph
• ‘Arsene Wenger should have spent another £50m’ — Evening Standard
• Matt Le Tissier says ‘obscene’ Bale wages an example of problems with modern football — The Mail
• Mesut Ozil confident of playing starring role for Arsenal in Premier League — Sky Sports
• Mesut Ozil: I will repay Arsenal for showing faith in me — The Guardian

La Liga

• How Real Madrid & Spurs spent nearly $400m on new players — Soccer Report Extra
• Gareth Bale says the Spanish La Liga is the best league in the world — The Mail

Football League

• Saudi Arabian buy-in at League One Sheffield United — SportsPro
• Good news for Reading as PSG terminate Mohamed Sissoko’s contract — Sky Sports

MLS

• Robert Warzycha out as Columbus Crew head coach — New York Times

Liga MX

• Top 5 goals: Round 8, Apertura 2013 — Futbol Sapiens

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