"We all know he's 31 years of age, his injury record has not been great in the last couple of years, he has not played much. So I think what Tottenham are doing is taking the sensible approach.
"They have always said they would allow him time to get up to speed. But then add into the mix of course, the players that have been playing have actually impressed and put Tottenham in the position they are in at the moment.
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"When a Jose Mourinho team is in contention at the top of a league he does historically favour that same sort of spine of players. He's largely kept the same spine of players for Premier League games this season and Gareth Bale has been restricted to Europa League starts and the odd few minutes off the bench in Premier League games.