Jose Mourinho surprised at Gareth Bale’s injury before Everton clash

Jose Mourinho and Gareth Bale

Jose Mourinho has revealed that he was very surprised at Gareth Bale ruling himself out of the FA Cup draw against Everton at Goodison Park. The Spurs lost a thrilling 5-4 match to be ruled out of the FA Cup.

Bernard scored a goal in extra time to sink the efforts of Davidson Sanchez who scored twice and Harry Kane who was returning from injury.

Jose Mourinho reveals his thoughts on Gareth Bale injury

?️ "I was a little bit surprised by him wanting to have a scan"

Jose Mourinho explains why Gareth Bale was not in the Spurs squad against Everton in the #FACup pic.twitter.com/3LITNw0j16
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) February 11, 2021

Gareth Bale is the only Tottenham Hotspur to have played in all competitions for the club this season. They’ve played a total of 38 games across all competitions which includes the Premier League, UEFA Europa league, FA Cup and the Carabao Cup.

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The only realistic chance at a trophy for Tottenham Hotspur this season is the Carabao Cup. They will be facing Manchester City in the final on 25th April. Looking at Manchester City’s form it looks unlikely that they will be ok the losing side.

The Welsh international played no part in the FA Cup clash against the Toffees after requesting a scan and ruling himself out with a potential injury scare. Manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that he was indeed surprised at it because Gareth bale trained on Monday with the side

?"I'm doing my best, he is doing his best, everyone is doing the best"

Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho explains Gareth Bales' absence from the side and why he didn't come on from the bench pic.twitter.com/nLQcTwQAuj
— Football Daily (@footballdaily) February 5, 2021

I think it is better for me to say: we played against West Brom on the Sunday and he didn’t play, he was on the bench,” Mourinho told reporters regarding Bale.

“Monday I was a bit surprised by him wanting to have a scan because he was not feeling comfortable.

He didn’t train on Monday then on the Tuesday he trained with the team but I was informed his desire would be to work with the sports science for a couple of days to strengthen that area where he was not feeling comfortable.

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