Real Madrid star Gareth Bale would be welcomed back at Tottenham, according to the team's head coach.
Tottenham
is "open" to a White Hart Lane return for Real Madrid forward Gareth
Bale, with head coach Mauricio Pochettino revealing: "We keep his place
warm back here".
Bale has come in for criticism
during his second season with the European champion, and his anonymous
performance in the UEFA Champions League semifinal first-leg defeat to
Juventus this week saw him attract further negative attention.
"If
he is not comfortable in Madrid, we keep his place warm back here,"
said Pochettino, who arrived at Tottenham after Bale had secured a world
record switch to the Santiago Bernabeu. "We are open for him! It is, of
course, not easy when you arrive at a huge club like Real Madrid, and
the way they play. Gareth Bale has the quality to make a success, he
just needs time. When [Zinedine] Zidane went to Real Madrid, the first
season was very difficult for him, with a lot of critics. He needed time
to adapt.
"The cultures are very different between England and
Spain. It is very difficult for English players to arrive in Spain,
there is a Siesta, you eat later. It is better when you come from Spain
to England, when you go there, you need one or two seasons to adapt. I
think here it is better to develop your passion in your job as a player
or manager, but in Spain, for the weather, for the culture, it is
difficult to adapt when you come from England. He just needs time."
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