Mourinho: Spurs star Gareth Bale to be out for a few weeks
In their stunning start to the 2020/21 campaign, Tottenham Hotspur have been given a blow as Gareth Bale became the latest player to be sidelined, and he will be for some weeks.
In their 3-1 victory against Stoke City in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, the Wales International was forced to come off the pitch at half-time after scoring the opening goal of the match, a goal which several best online casinos USA have formerly dropped predictions for.
Spurs manager Jose Mourinho, in a post-match conference, confirmed that the Welshman succumbed to a calf injury, which led him to be excluded from their Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Ever since his return to the White Hart Lane from Real Madrid in a long-term loan deal, the Welsh winger has been fighting battles with fitness. He has only been able to register three goals in 11 appearances in all competitions for the North London team, with the majority of those appearances was coming from the bench.
The Spurs manager has also confirmed that the 33-year-old winger will not be making the matchday squad for their league game against Fulham on Wednesday, and the Portuguese manager is not expecting him to return to the team till the New Year.
Speaking on an update on the Wales International’s return, the Tottenham manager said to the press in a pre-match conference via Goal: “No, I don’t expect Gareth to be fit. I wouldn’t say it’s a serious injury, but I would say a few weeks.”
The Portuguese manager also talked about Lucas Moura and Carlos Vinicius, he confirmed that the duo are both doubts for the match against Fulham, while Tanguy Ndombele will be available for the clash.
Ndombele, who is Spurs’ record signing of £54 million have been able to secure himself a spot in the starting eleven of the North London team, and the manager is quite pleased with his improvements in the past few months, as many online pokies nz came to features news regarding the impressive midfielder.
Mourinho said: “We are happy, apart from a couple of matches where his performances were not good, overall there was a big evolution.
“I believe, to play at this intensity – Premier League intensity – and to last for 90 minutes is, of course, another step in the direction of his fitness, but he’s a player of course who is playing very well and is giving some good things to the team.”
Speaking on, the Tottenham manager talked about the challenge the Cottagers could offer to his team on Wednesday, he said: “Fulham now play a different way, they forgot some of the principles that they believed in. They have new principles of play and they are getting very positive results. It’s going to be difficult.”
