That he did not have a single minute in the game against Chelsea, not even when it was the last offensive resource that Mourinho had left on the bench and without having exhausted the changes has been the last straw, the spark that has unleashed the box of thunder in relation to Gareth Bale.
He arrived at Tottenham this summer to be the team’s booster, also an opportunity for the Welshman to return to being the one he was at the same club where he exploded. And with the hope of erasing a recent past at Real Madrid with more shadows than lights. But at this point in the season, his performance is a disappointment and hardly counts for Mourinho.
Bale has not been up to now and in London it seems that they have had enough of him, including Mourinho who when asked about him almost preferred not to answer. Oliver Holt, columnist for the Daily Mail, has analyzed the presence of Bale in Tottenham, whose signing qualifies as “an expensive and humiliating failure”.
“Gareth Bale has been a humiliating and expensive failure at Tottenham this season in what appears to be a truco public relations gone wrong … Where is the hunger to show your talent?Holt reasons.
“A source of resentment rather than unity”
The journalist of Daily Mail acknowledges Tottenham’s mistake, especially Daniel Levy, president of the club’s board of directors, whom he dubs “the king of the deal”, for his ability to sniff out a bargain in the transfer market and for his clever handling of Tottenham . But with the signing of Bale it seems to have failed, according to points. “Over £ 10 million in wages for a guy to sit on the bench for most of the season doesn’t seem like a bargain to me. Now, things have changed and Bale’s presence has become a source of resentment rather than a force for unity. “
The Daily Mail commentator is not the only one who criticizes Bale’s attitude and considers his signing a failure. Critical voices begin to follow one another and without mercy for Gareth Bale. ANDFormer Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie shared his thoughts on Bale’s body language on Sky, when they brought him out in the game against Brighton: “I watched his body language when he came out and he stood out. I literally saw him over and over again. I thought to myself that when someone brings you 30 minutes to go and there’s no recognition then there is something wrong. I would be frustrated. If I left the game, then I would be throwing my jacket and gloves at José, to be honest. ” And he highlighted the pasotismo of the Welshman: “Look at the way he feels. It doesn’t faze him, at all. I’m sorry, (Mourinho) is losing that wardrobe: he (Bale) sat down as if he were going to put on his slippers and light the fire “