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Luke Shaw and Jose Mourinho endured a particularly frosty relationship at Manchester United during the Portuguese's two-and-a-half-year stint as manager of the club.The duo endured an extremely strained relationship during the current Tottenham manager's two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford.
Luke Shaw and Jose Mourinho endured a particularly frosty relationship at Manchester United during the Portuguese's two-and-a-half-year stint as manager of the club.The duo endured an extremely strained relationship during the current Tottenham manager's two-and-a-half years at Old Trafford. Jose Mourinho 'saved a few miles in Gareth Bale 's legs' by subbing him after starring role against Wolfsberger with Tottenham boss keeping Welshman fresh for West Ham clash . Gareth Bale scored one and set up another for in 4-1 win over Wolfsberger. He has struggled for game time but appears to be sharpening up at Spurs. Mourinho subbed Bale against Wolfsberger and said it was to preserve his legs. Tottenham take on West Ham on Sunday in crucial Premier League fixture.
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho is set to unleash Gareth Bale for his second debut for the club and expects him to deliver the lethal threat which made him a hero when he joined Real Madrid. Mourinho is urging his attacking players to perform with freedom and believes Bale can link up with Harry Kane, Heung-min Son and others in the same destructive way he did with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema at Real. Gareth Bale could make his second debut and his first appearance at Tottenham's new ground.
© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Gareth Bale pushed his claims for just a third Premier League start of the season by inspiring Tottenham to a Europa League win against Wolfsberger.
Bale scored one and set up another in Spurs' convincing win in Budapest and Jose Mourinho confirmed he withdrew the Welshman to ensure he was fit and in contention for Sunday's crucial trip to West Ham.
Bale has struggled for game time since returning to Spurs on loan from Real Madrid and relations between the pair appeared strained when Mourinho took exception to a social media post from the 31-year-old about his fitness last week.
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Everton host Tottenham in an intriguing FA Cup fifth-round clash on Wednesday night. Dele Alli returns for Spurs, but it's Harry Kane and Dominic Calvert-Lewin who will likely determine the result.The two sides come into the match almost neck-and-neck in the Premier League with Everton a point and a place above Tottenham, who are sat eighth - albeit having played one more game. being 3-0 up when he came on and says it's a 'pity' winger missed his effort to win West Ham clash Jose Mourinho brought on Gareth Bale for his Spurs return with the score at 3-0 The Spurs boss refused to blame Bale 's second debut for the dropped points Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho did not think the introduction of Gareth Bale was the catalyst
Jose Mourinho admitted his Tottenham players were not strong enough mentally in the 3-3 draw with West Ham as Gareth Bale 's second debut descended into a nightmare. Manuel Lanzini scored the sort of stunning 25-yard equaliser deep in injury time that Bale used to score from Spurs to snatch a point for West Ham after the visitors had trailed 3-0 after just 16 minutes. Bale came on in the 72nd minute and it was not until 10 minutes later that West Ham even started their comeback to leave Spurs without a home win in the Premier League all season.
© Provided by Daily Mail Gareth Bale scored a goal and provided an assist in the Europa League against Wolfsberger 
© Provided by Daily Mail Jose Mourinho (right) took the Welshman off to preserve him for the West Ham game Mourinho said: 'One of the reasons why he left the pitch by minute 64 was to try to have him available for the next match.
'By taking him off at that minute we managed to save him a few miles in his legs. I know the match is Sunday at 12 o'clock but I believe he has a chance to play the match.
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'For him it was important to play and not to play the 90 minutes.'
Spurs ran out 4-1 winners in Budapest – the tie moved to Hungary due to Covid-19 restrictions – without Harry Kane who was left behind.
Bale Instagram post at odds with reality, fumes Mourinho
Gareth Bale is doing little to earn the affection of Jose Mourinho, who was left irked by a post on the Spurs forward's Instagram account.The on-loan Real Madrid forward, who has failed to live up to his billing following a celebrated return to north London in September, was not included in the squad for Wednesday's remarkable 5-4 loss to Everton in the FA Cup. Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho says he hopes Gareth Bale can reach a "better level" soon, after the Welsh forward continued a stuttering start to his second stint with the club. Bale was substituted shortly before the hour-mark as Spurs produced a disappointing display to lose 1-0 to Royal Antwerp Since returning to the club on loan from Real Madrid in September, seven years after departing White Hart Lane for La Liga, recovery from a knee injury has limited Bale to just three appearances. The 31-year-old came on as a substitute as Spurs blew a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with West Ham , and was an unused
Latest news on Jose Mourinho including comments, performance and team updates as Portuguese coach takes on the Tottenham managerial role. Gareth Bale will grin and bear at Jose Mourinho 's tough love the four-time Champions League winner has the experience to cope with the Tottenham manager's button pressing.
© Provided by Daily Mail The forward returned to some form on Thursday night and is building up match fitness Kane missed two games recently after suffering injuries to both ankles and Mourinho said: 'I believe so [he will be fit for West Ham] but, experienced guy that had injuries in the past.
'He knows his body better than anyone. He knows I want him to play every minute of every game so it's never a question of a choice.
'I wanted to come here with the best team and the players that could give us more opportunity to win the game and have a good result but he made the decision based on his feelings.
'His feelings were to play this game could be a risk with the accumulation of minutes after the injury that he had and myself and the medical department we agreed with him in giving him this opportunity to take care of his condition but I believe that Sunday he is going to be ok and ready.'
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Tottenham 'could sell Doherty this summer unless his form improves' .
Doherty joined Tottenham from Wolves last summer for £15m but has struggled to make a major impact during his first season at the club. As reported by ESPN, manager Jose Mourinho has doubts over whether Doherty can be a success at the club. © Provided by Daily Mail Tottenham could sell Matt Doherty this summer with the defender having struggled so far The Republic of Ireland international hasn't yet been able to establish himself as a regular in the starting lineup for Tottenham, making just nine starts in the Premier League.
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