It is Sunday night. Tottenham's game against Brighton just ended in which Bale has finally dressed as a hero to give victory to his team. Good goal from the head to a pass from also Real Madrid player Reguilón. A person from the most direct environment the Welsh forward picks up the phone. He is euphoric: “Mourinho does understand Gareth”, ponder. “With him he is going to look a lot like the player who signed Madrid in 2013.” Perhaps a somewhat risky statement. But the truth is that As this source tells AS, Bale has regained his confidence in himself and in his game.
“The secret is to go little by little”, they tell us. Bale, who was greeted on his return to Tottenham with true hero honors, is under no pressure in London. “Nobody looks at him with a magnifying glass, nobody questions him … Everything is positive.” Mourinho is pampering his set-up. He could have put him to play much earlier, since the knee injury with which he signed his loan would have allowed him to play in a couple of weeks, but he preferred that Bale had a good preseason. Afterwards, it is alternating titles with substitutions… To date, Bale has played 158 minutes spread over four games… One assist and one goal. And his Tottenham is second in the Premier, just two points behind Liverpool.
“I am very happy for him, especially because he deserves it,” Mourinho told the English media. “When I have five minutes I go to Safari (to the Internet search engine) to look at the Madrid websites to see what they say,” he continued defiantly. And then he tried to find an explanation for the great change in the still Madridista: “He knows that we care about him and we know that he cares about us, the team and the club, the Spurs. It is the perfect combination, he is very calm, very intelligent, he has a good feeling ”.
At Real Madrid, the player's evolution is still closely monitored. Not surprisingly, it was the little faith that Zidane had in him that ended up making him lower his arms and the one that caused his transfer when he still had two years left on his contract. Now, within Madrid There are those who wonder if Bale would improve the HBA trident or if, at least, he would improve the spare parts he could have if he had to choose between the Welshman, Vinicius and Rodrygo. Bale will have one more year on loan after the summer. It is not ruled out that he returns despite the 15 million net (30 for Madrid) that he charges.
A novel method.
Mourinho boasted of the football and emotional recovery system that he is following with the player. “I talk about sports science, medicine, my assistants, the other players. I'm saying it's getting better It's not just by looking at it, the data supports our training process. We knew it. The good news is that Gareth knows it too. We share ideas and we share feelings. I will always be this careful with him until we feel he is ready. Everything is agreed ”. According to his words, we still have to wait to see the best version of Welsh. And Madrid closely monitors the situation. Mourinho and Bale together, a bad combination for them to be loose … and together.