Mourinho says Bale is ‘one of top players in Europe’
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has refused to confirm whether Gareth Bale's second debut for the club will come this weekend against West Ham. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has long been trying to bring Bale back to north London and he finally got his man this summer after striking a loan agreement with Real Madrid.
"So the decisions we are going to make are going to be for the good of the team, but also for his own good.
"It is very important he has a happy season with us and I think at this moment of his career that is very, very important."
Mourinho was very vocal before the international break about Tottenham's hectic fixture schedule.
But they ended up enjoying a strong finish which culminated in an emphatic 6-1 win against Manchester United last time out.
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Gareth Bale has been recovering from a knee injury (Image: GETTY)
"In that period we were complaining about too many matches and last week we were complaining about no matches, so we are always complaining," Mourinho added.
"But, jokes apart, we coped well with this busy period because the squad is very good and the boys have been fantastic.
"It is strange during the international period because you want to work and you cannot work, you're waiting for players, but we have a big match on Sunday against a team that is playing well so we forget what we've done well in the past couple of weeks and a new period starts on Sunday."