Jose Mourinho says Tottenham are still trying "step by step" to get the best out of Gareth Bale as he refuted suggestions that Spurs are considering terminating his loan deal.
Bale has played 12 times this season after returning from Real Madrid, but he has yet to appear for a full 90 minutes. Six of the Welshman's eight Spurs starts this season have come in the Europa League, where he scored one of his three goals over the campaign against the Austrian side LASK Linz.
Bale has also netted against Brighton in the Premier League and Stoke in the League Cup, but Mourinho says it is his injuries which continue to hold him back. "Of course you know that he arrived injured.
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