“Gareth Bale is kind of happy to stay on the bench”

Gareth Bale is not living the best return to Tottenham. The Welshman lived a special plan to adapt and an injury delayed his adaptation but, the high level of the rest of his teammates and a performance that cannot improve to his best known version does not allow him to throw the door of ownership.

Jose Mourinho has him in esteem. It was his request and, within his possibilities, it gives him more opportunities in the cups and in the Europa League than in the Premier, where he is almost unpublished. Now, in the European break between the group stage and the knockout stages, the one from Cardiff has seen its quota of minutes reduced and, from Sky, Graeme Souness points to the Portuguese coach for his lack of opportunities and Bale, by the way, conformism.

“I see how a world-class player returns to the club he loves and it's like he's happy to be on the bench.. If he is not happy with that, which is what he said was happening at Real Madrid, let him say so. That he is not happy and that he does not have enough minutes, “he said on television.

The Scotsman lived his best years in Liverpool in the 80s. In his thirties, still as a network, he assures that he lived his best seasons and points out to Bale the importance of this particular moment in his career. “These should be his best years. Now during the games the camera focuses on him every time changes are made and it seems that he does not mind not being one of the players who is to leave,” he adds.

If he does not come out, it is by technical decision and that is where Souness wanted to point out Mourinho, although without specifically mentioning him. “He is fit to be on the bench with what is fit enough to play an hour or half an hour. He has to protect himself,” he said, encouraging the Welshman to defend his interests.