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Major bonus for Gareth Bale as Belgium's defenders are dropping like flies

Jan Vertonghen has been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament.

JAN VERTONGHEN IS the latest Belgian defender to have his Euros dream ruined because of injury.

The left-back has been ruled out for the next 6-8 weeks because of ligament damage and could miss the start of Tottenham’s Premier League campaign.

With Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Lombaerts and Dedryck Boyata all missing out on the trip to France, Marc Wilmots was struggling for cover anyway.

Now, his preparations for the upcoming quarter-final clash with Wales have been further hampered by Vertonghen’s setback and Thomas Vermaelen’s one-game suspension.

It’s excellent news for Gareth Bale and his team-mates though.

It means Belgium’s back-four will consist of Toby Aldwerweireld and three from Thomas Meunier, Denayer, Laurent Ciman, Christian Kabasele and Jordan Lukaku, younger brother of Romelu.

The sides do battle tomorrow night in Lille.

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