FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group E - Belarus v Wales - Central Stadium, Kazan, Russia - September 5, 2021 Wales' Gareth Bale holds the match ball after scoring their third goal to complete his hat-trick REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
(Reuters) - Wales captain Gareth Bale will miss World Cup qualifying games against Czech Republic and Estonia next month as the forward is still recovering from a "significant" hamstring injury, manager Robert Page said.
Bale, who is into the final year of his contract with Real Madrid and spent last season on loan at former side Tottenham Hotspur, sustained the injury in training with the Spanish side last month but was expected to return in October.
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