Gareth Bale claims 'no Atletico player would feature in Real Madrid's team' ahead of Champions League final derby
- Real play Madrid rivals Atletico in the Champions League final on Saturday
- Gareth Bale will hope to score again, as he did in the same fixture in 2014
- The Wales international attacker has aimed a dig at Diego Simeone's men
- Bale: 'To me, no Atletico player would feature in Real Madrid's team'
Gareth Bale has stoked the flames ahead of the Champions League final in Milan on Saturday, by claiming that no Atletico Madrid player would get into his Real team.
The 26-year-old Wales international has enjoyed a prosperous season with Los Blancos, scoring 19 goals in 30 games in all competitions - two more than last term, in 18 fewer matches played.
But his latest comments are sure to rile Atletico's supporters ahead of the upcoming fixture at the San Siro, especially considering that Zinedine Zidane's second-placed outfit only finished one position, and two points higher, than Diego Simeone's men in the Spanish top flight this term.
Real Madrid maestro Gareth Bale speaks ahead of the Champions League final at the San Siro on Saturday
Wales international attacker Bale plays a volleyed pass during a training session in Milan on Tuesday
Bale thinks Atletico Madrid's 25-year-old star Antoine Griezmann (centre) would not make Real's starting XI
Former Tottenham Hotspur star, Bale told COPE's 'El Partido de las 12': 'To me, no Atletico player would feature in Real Madrid's team.'
Bale's comments come in spite of the fact that Atletico's Slovenia international goalkeeper Jan Oblak equalled the record for the most clean sheets in a single La Liga season.
Antoine Griezmann also excelled for Atletico with 32 goals in 53 games; but with himself, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez, Isco and Jese all options in attack, Bale thinks the 25-year-old Frenchman would not make Real's starting XI.
At the end of his first season in the Spanish capital, Bale scored a crucial header in the 2014 Champions League final in Lisbon to give Real a 2-1 advantage over Atletico in extra-time, after Sergio Ramos had saved the tie with an injury-time equaliser.
Carlo Ancelotti's side went on to win 4-1, with two more goals in extra-time courtesy of Marcelo and a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty.
Former Tottenham Hotspur icon Bale scored a header against Atletico in the 2014 Champions League final
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