Mourinho takes a cheeky dig at Zidane over Bale's move to Tottenham from Real Madrid

conflict between Real Madrid manr Zinedine Zidane and superstar Gareth Bale was an open secret. Welshman saw diminishing game time over previous two seasons, leading to his departure although on loan to Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs manr Jose Mourinho, who is a huge admirer of four-time Champions League winner, has taken a cheeky dig at Zidane while speaking on Bale transfer. 

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Zidane happy with Bale's loan deal: Mourinho 

Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of Tottenham's Europa League qualifying clash against Macedonian side Shkendija, Mourinho believes that Zidane must be happy that Bale has finally left Real Madrid. Portuguese tactician, however, asserts that he hasn't spoken with French football legend on Welshman's transfer to Spurs. 

After seeing himself struggling to break into Zidane's preferred XI at Bernabeu, Bale agreed to return to Spurs on a season-long loan last week. deal might be made permanent next summer, as claimed by his nt Jonathan Barnett. Hinting at same, Mourinho insists that he is happy to have Bale in rth London. club will be happy to keep Bale for long at end of his loan deal, adds Spurs boss. 

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Mourinho provides Bale injury update 

During Bale's transfer to Spurs, it was revealed that winger was recovering from an injury and re was uncertainty over his return to field. But, Mourinho has claimed that 31-year-old has shown great desire to return on field, hoping that he will be available for selection in near future.

Besides hinting at a permanent switch to Spurs, Bale's nt Barnett had also claimed that player had offers from or clubs, but his previous relationship with club was eugh to convince him to seek a Premier League return. Barnett also shed light on his client's relationship with Real Madrid manr. He claimed that it was more of a clash of personalities in dressing room. 

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Spurs to play Shkendija

With Bale yet to return on field with Spurs, Mourinho's men had a mixed start to ir Premier League campaign this season. After an opening day defeat against Everton, Spurs went on to defeat Southampton 5-2. Mourinho will oversee his side's Europa League qualifying clash against Shkendija on Thursday. 

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Im courtesy: Tottenham/ Gareth Bale/ Real Madrid Twitter