Gareth Bale had not played a minute of club football while at Madrid for the back half of the 19/20 season. However, that has changed with his move to Tottenham in the summer.
Bale is on the verge of being fully fit to play 90 minutes, according to manager Jose Mourinho. To make things even better, the Welshman has found his love for the game again, according to Wales manager Robert Page.
He is now in charge of the Wales national team after Ryan Giggs mutually agreed to not take charge of the team following an incident involving the Manchester Police.
This is what the new boss had to say about the revival of the former Real Madrid star:
“He looks to me like he’s enjoying his football.”
“He loves coming away with Wales. He absolutely loves it. As long as I’ve been involved he’s never missed a camp, other than the recent one [in October] through injury.”
“He’s first through the doors, loves being part of it and he has a spring in his step when he comes on camp – and that’s exactly what I’ve seen in the past couple of days.”
“Now being at a place like Tottenham, he has a manager [Jose Mourinho] who wants him there and wants him to play week in, week out – or they are building him up to that where he plays 90 minutes consistently.”
“We’ve now got a player on our hands that has fallen back in love with the game and is enjoying his football. Hopefully we will reap the rewards of that as well.”
“The older you get, you do lose a little bit of sharpness. I experienced that myself as a player. I have not seen any evidence of that in the last two days of training,” Page said of Bale.
“Some of the things I saw yesterday [Friday] was the other way. He’s looking just as sharp, bright and powerful.
“He’s in great shape and some of the things he did in training yesterday you took a step back. It was great to watch.”
Bale is expected to play for the national team against the Republic of Ireland and Finland in Wales’s upcoming fixtures.
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