31-year-old football star Gareth Bale finished a season-long loan transfer from Real Madrid to Tottenham on Saturday. Bale who recently played for Spurs somewhere in the range of 2007 and 2013, won’t be quickly accessible for choice as the club affirmed in an announcement.

Bale supported a knee injury while playing for Wales on international duty prior this month and this along with La Liga’s later start contrasted with the Premier League implies he has had a restricted pre-season. The club believes that he will be fit after October’s international break.

Tottenham’s first match after the international gap one month from now is away to Burnley on October 24 where Bale could wear a Spurs t-shirt once more. Bale finished paperwork for Real Madrid for a then world record salary of $132.9 million.