- PA Media: Sport
Football rumours from the media
Raphael Varane and Gareth Bale feature in Wednesday’s transfer gossip.
- Evening Standard
Jose Mourinho irked by questions on Gareth Bale’s Tottenham future: ‘Ask Zidane as he is a Real Madrid player’
An exasperated Jose Mourinho said he is not the manager to ask about Gareth Bale's future and insisted Real Madrid would decide where the forward plays next season. Bale is back at Tottenham on a season-long loan from Real and finally hit form by scoring twice in Sunday's 4-0 win over Burnley. The arrangement is not thought to include the option for a permanent transfer in the summer but Bale's agent, Jonathan Barnett, has raised the possibility of the 31-year-old spending another season at Spurs, which would take him to end of his current contract in the Spanish capital.
- PA Media: Sport
‘Ask Real Madrid’ – Jose Mourinho on why Gareth Bale took so long to find form
The 31-year-old spent much of the first half of the season in the treatment room or on the bench following his return to Spurs on loan.
