Bale, again broken

Bale is injured, his first long-term misfortune if we do not take into account the one he was dragging when he signed his loan for Tottenham, a knee injury that prevented him from playing his first game with Spurs until a month after the operation was consummated. . Tottenham has not officially announced the injury of the player on loan from Madrid. The English press has been aware of this through statements made by Mourinho after the game against Wolves (in which Bale was not summoned) and that they were seized until 2:00 p.m. today. “I would not say that it is something serious,” said the coach of the Welshman's ailment, “but he will be off the pitch for a few weeks.”

Although the significance of Bale's injury has now been known, Bale was injured on the 23rd in the match against Stoke City. In that match Bale scored in the first half, but was strangely replaced by Mourinho at half-time. Asked by journalists after the game, the Portuguese coach limited himself to saying: “I took him off because it was his decision. He felt something. He told me immediately when we got to the locker room. ” But he did not elaborate on the injury, the severity of which Tottenham had tried to cover up.

Bale is having a very difficult season at Tottenham. Mourinho is dosing him everything he can to avoid injuries to the point that he has only played 599 minutes spread over eleven games, of them, only four in the Premier and, yes, six in the Europa League. The still Madrid player has been able to score three goals without giving any assistance. But there is one fact that says it all, Bale has not been able to play completely any of the eleven games in which he has participated. In principle, the estimate is that it is six games out.

Real Madrid follows Bale's evolutions very closely because they hope to make the player profitable next summer, when his assignment at Tottenham ends. It seems difficult for Mourinho's team to want a second loan after the poor performance the player is giving. Tottenham pay half of the 15 million net that Bale charges. Madrid pays the other half. For the white entity it is important to remove that card next summer to make room for Mbappé's.