Wales
captain
Gareth Bale
has recovered from injury and is in line to earn his 100th cap after being called up by manager
Robert Page
for this month's
World Cup qualifiers
against Belarus and Belgium.
Bale, 32, tore his hamstring in September and missed Wales' last two qualifiers. He has also been out of action for his club Real Madrid.
"He's in a good place. He's exactly where me and the medical team thought he should be and could be. I spoke to him personally last week and he's raring to go," Page said on Sky Sports.
"He's absolutely doing everything possible to get himself 100% fit. He's back on the grass. He's not in full-time training yet but we've got another week yet. He's where we want him to be and that's great news."
Page added that it was unlikely the forward would play for Real before joining up with the national side.
"I'm not sure that's going to be doable... from where he's at right now unless he's involved next weekend in the squad, but do I see it -- no probably not," the manager said.
Left back
Ben Davies and fellow defender
Rhys Norrington-Davies
also returned to the 28-man Wales squad after missing last month's camp due to illness and injury, respectively.
Wales are third in Group E level on 11 points with second-placed Czech Republic, but have a game in hand. They host bottom side Belarus on Nov. 13 and then leaders Belgium, who have 16 points and like Wales have played six games, three days later.
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