Tag: Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale aimed a thinly-veiled dig at old manager Jose Mourinho after scoring a hat-trick in Tottenham’s 4-0 victory over Sheffield United on Sunday. Tottenham were in total control from the very start with Bale, Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Lo Celso and Dele Alli offering a potent attacking threat. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But, Bale was the star of the game – the Welshman scored a 33-minute hat-trick with goals either side of half-time to give the north London side a commanding 3-0 lead. Interim manager Ryan Mason has been praised for restoring some of the club’s traditional attacking verve after the negative reign of Mourinho. It’s something not lost on Bale, who told Sky Sports: “(It's) the fact that we’re more on the front foot, we’re ...

Tottenham winger Gareth Bale appears to have taken a swipe at Jose Mourinho’s cautious and negative style, saying the team needed to re-find their attacking pattern. The London club announced on Monday that they had parted company with Mourinho, who had overseen a disappointing period in charge of Tottenham with the team sitting in seventh place when he was sacked. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Tottenham dropped 20 points from winning positions under Mourinho, with the ‘Special One’ heavily criticised for his back-foot, pragmatic approach particularly when holding onto a lead in games. It was the reverse situation on Wednesday under the interim boss Ryan Mason as they came from behind – the first time they have done so this campaign after trailing at th...

Jose Mourinho has blasted Gareth Bale for his ‘totally wrong’ & ‘contradictory’ Instagram post which partly overshadowed Spurs' FA Cup defeat against Everton. The Wales international’s return to Tottenham on loan from Real Madrid has now backfired with the player a shadow of his former self. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bale was left out of the matchday squad which travelled to Merseyside and eventually succumbed to a 5-4 defeat after extra-time. Mourinho claimed the former Southampton player was missing because of an injury, but the Welshman had posted a message hours earlier in which he intimated he was ready to return to football action. Speaking ahead of Saturday’s Premier League game against Manchester City, Mourinho took the opportunity to...

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has said he is not comfortable about the handling of Gareth Bale ahead of this month's international games because one of the Wales coaches also works for rivals Arsenal. Bale was recalled on Thursday as part of a 29-man squad for the friendly game against the United States before matches against Ireland and Finland in the Nations League. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); He missed the international fixtures in October due to a knee injury which also delayed his second Tottenham debut, having re-joined them on loan from Madrid in September. Mourinho has said he is worried about how Bale will be looked after by Albert Stuivenberg, who works for Wales and Arsenal. "The fact that one of the coaches is an Arsenal coach does ...