Spurs’ manager Harry Redknapp has spoken out about left-back Gareth Bale and has backed the defender to become a top player in the Premiership, despite telling him to improve his defensive skills.

Bale moved from former club Southampton to Tottenham in 2007, and has recently been linked to the Premier League giants Liverpool and Manchester United. However, despite receiving this attention, Redknapp insists the 19 year old must improve in order to become the club’s first-choice:

“He has everything to be a top player,”

“He has to learn the game. He has to learn how to defend, learn how not to let people play balls inside him, learn to recover, just learn parts of his game.

“But it’s all there. He’s 6ft tall, a great athlete and I didn’t know he had a long throw until the NEC game.

“It was amazing he threw it that far. He never showed that before, he kept it up his sleeve.

“He may have to play forward until he learns the position better but I can see him being a top left-back.”

Source:premiershiplatest