Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has detailed how he plans to introduce new signing Gareth Bale.
Mourinho has made clear that the 31-year-old will be given the chance to pick up where he left off in 2013 by playing in his favoured position - on the right, with Son Heung Min on the left and Harry Kane through the middle.
“One of the first questions in my first conversation with Gareth," said the Spurs boss, “was 'What's your favourite position'. I wanted to start from there and he answered.
“Does that mean he will always be used there? No. Because he will play where the team needs him to play.
“But he was very clear by saying that his favourite position is on the right. It's not as a No.10, it's not as a striker, it's not any more on the left side like he did in the first years of his career at Southampton and Tottenham. His favourite position now is on the right side.
“When he reaches his continuity and when he reaches his normal intensity and dynamic, I think he can be the player people saw being decisive when he went to Real Madrid, in a very similar position.
“Real Madrid was basically, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo, with Bale playing fundamentally playing from the right and that's the position he prefers."
