Championships in the middle of December.This is an injury which may or may not need surgery with the club explaining the treatment is "depending on the evolution" of the injury, but in the most optimistic of circumstances Bale will need around a month to recover, meaning he will not play again in 2016 and will miss both the Classico away to FC Barcelona on December 3rd and the World Club Championships in the middle of December. This is an injury which may or may not need surgery with the club explaining the treatment is "depending on the evolution" of the injury, but in the most optimistic of circumstances Bale will need around a month to recover, meaning he will not play again in 2016 and will miss both the Classico away to FC Barcelona on December 3rd and the World Club Championships in the middle of December. This is an injury which may or may not need surgery with the club explaining the treatment is "depending on the evolution" of the injury, but in the most optimistic of circumstances Bale will need around a month to recover, meaning he will not play again in 2016 and will miss both the Classico away to FC Barcelona on December 3rd and the World Club Championships in the middle of December. This is an injury which may or may not need surgery with the club explaining the treatment is "depending on the evolution" of the injury, but in the most optimistic of circumstances Bale will need around a month to recover, meaning he will not play again in 2016 and will miss both the Classico away to FC Barcelona on December 3rd and the World Club Championships in the middle of December.