Mourinho criticizes Bale's Instagram controversial post: "totally wrong", "created a contradiction between content and reality"

2021-02-13 11:10

Mourinho criticizes Bale


Jose Mourinho has criticized Gareth Bale for leaving a "totally wrong" physical impression. Bale has posted on Instagram that he enjoyed a "good session" on the training ground pitch earlier in the day, adding a bicep curl emoji to emphasize.


Mourinho argued that Bale made it seem as if he was ready to play for Tottenham in the last FA Cup match. In reality, he had told the manager before the game that he was not feeling 100% and excused from playing.


In the last FA Cup match, Tottenham were knocked out by Everton with 5-4, and Bale did not play in the game. Mourinho has responsed after the game that Bale requested a scan on Monday for his feeling of uncomfortable muscles. After Tuesday' trainng, he had still felt uncomfortable, even though the scan had not shown any injury. That's why Mourinho did not let Bale play.


In the pre-match press conference between Tottenham and Manchester City, Mourinho re-emphasized the issue: "I have to admit that his post created something that needed to be addressed because there was a contradiction between the post and the reality."


"Since the beginning of the season, in relation to everything, I tried to be very, very private and tried to keep everything indoors but I've felt that I needed to address the situation.


"Probably the post was not even his responsibility, I don't know … but the post was: 'Training session great,' so I'm ready and it was totally wrong. When I was questioned, I had to say the reality of the things which I [will now] repeat for the last time and I hope there are no more questions about it because the situation was exactly the way I told [it].


"He was not feeling good, he asked for a scan, he had the scan, the scan did not show an injury but his feelings were still there and coaches and sports science and medical people … we can never go against those feelings because a player's feelings are much more important than all of us so he was not ready for the game. It's as simple as that. If he's ready for tomorrow, he's selected for tomorrow."