Football

Mourinho pleased with Bale impact

The Tottenham Hotspur manager, Jose Mourinho has voiced his sentiments following Gareth Bale’s winner in Sunday’s Premier League clash between Spurs and Brighton and Hove Albion.
Bale came off the bench to net late on as Spurs won 2-1 against the plucky visitors.
Afterwards, Mourinho, a former Real Madrid manager joked that he would love to see what Bale’s previous employers thought about his latest heroics.
“When I have five minutes I’m going to Safari to check the Madrid website – to see what they say,” Mourinho chuckled.
Bale was frozen out at the Bernabeu despite winning four Champions League titles and barely featured as Real won the league post-lockdown.
But he combined with another former Real player – left-back Sergio Reguilon – to score his first Premier League goal in seven years and send Mourinho’s side up to second.
“Of course I’m very pleased with Bale – he deserves that,” Mourinho said.
“He knows we care about him and we know he cares about us, the team and the club, Spurs. He’s the perfect fit, he’s very calm, very intelligent, he has good feelings.
“He had bad feelings before, because the training process was hard, and his body was suffering a little bit, but we gave him what he needs as a whole.
“I am speaking about sports science, medical, my assistants, the other players. I’m very pleased for him to score this winning goal.”

Sammy Wejinya

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