The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that people should not get carried away with the current form of the Tottenham winger Gareth Bale, who has been compared with the likes of Ronaldo and Messi in the last few weeks. Bale has managed to score seven goals in his last five appearances in all competitions. He has also managed to score from several free kicks this season. This has led to people comparing him to Messi and Ronaldo, who are widely regarded as the two best players in the world. However, Wenger feels that Bale still has a long way to go before he can be considered as the best player in the world.

He has said that Messi has won numerous Champions League and league titles over the years, while he also managed score almost 100 goals in the last calendar year. Bale, meanwhile, is yet to win the league title in his career. The 23-year-old recently scored his seventh goal in five matches with a wonderful freekick in the last minute against Lyon in the Europa league to hand Tottenham a 2-1 advantage in the first leg. Bale has linked with the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich over the years.

“Bale has the potential to develop and become the players that you compare him to. However, Messi has won two or three Champions League, a few championships, scored 95 goals in a year, so let’s not go too quick. You are always very quick here, but let’s slow down a little bit. It was Walcott and Bale, and we were at some stage on (about) taking the two if possible, but we could get Walcott and I am very happy we got him,” said Wenger, who also said that he is happy with signing Walcott instead of Bale.

The Manchester United defender Phil Jones has said that his teammates should be warned about the Welsh winger Gareth Bale. Bale is regarded as one of the best players in the world and his presence will certainly boost Tottenham in the match with the London club during the weekend according to Jones. Gareth Bale has already been responsible for helping Tottenham secure a victory over Manchester United earlier in the season. Bale scored in the 3-2 victory for Tottenham at Old Trafford, which came after more than two decades of suffering defeat at the stadium.

Tottenham are flying high in the league and currently competing with Chelsea and Arsenal for the fourth spot. United will be coming into the match after having seen their lead at the top of the table cut down to just four points. Tottenham have not suffered a defeat for almost 2 months now. Bale has made 19 appearances for the club this season and scored 9 goals. He recently said that he wants Tottenham to complete an unlikely double over Manchester United. Even though there are several good players within the Tottenham squad, Jones has said that his teammates should be especially wary of the threat from Gareth Bale.

“It’ll be a test for whoever comes up against Gareth Bale – he’s a great player. They have a lot of good individual players, but if we work collectively as a team hopefully we can stop him,” said Jones on the official site of Manchester United ahead of the match. “Another big game at the Lane tomorrow. We’ve not done the double over United for soooo long, so it’s time to change that,” said Bale on his Twitter account. United have not suffered a defeat in all competitions since the defeat against CFR Cluj early in December.

The Tottenham winger Gareth Bale has said that he will certainly consider the possibility of moving to and overseas club in the future, thus opening the door to a move to either Real Madrid or Barcelona. The Welshman has been rated as one of the best players in the world with a number of high-profile clubs like Barcelona Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Manchester City showing interest in the player. However, it is thought that he would be extremely interested in moving to a foreign country to experience new cultures. Spanish clubs are the only favourites for this deal due to the transfer fees that he would command.

After a number of rumours linking him with a move to Real Madrid in the summer transfer window, he finally signed a new four-year contract with the club that will run until 2016. He is now the highest-paid player at the club, but even that falls way below the standards set by the likes of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Gareth Bale is thought to be on a contract worth around only £ 75,000 per week, which is pale in comparison with the £ 200,000 per week enjoyed by some of the Real Madrid players. The Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas, though, has categorically stated that the club will not sell the player.

“It would be nice to experience other leagues and other cultures. I’m not afraid to go abroad. If the time comes and a team that’s right comes in for me, then I’ll look at it seriously. I’ll see what happens,” said Gareth Bale in a recent interview. Due to the recent negotiations between Tottenham and Real Madrid over the sale of Luka Modric, it is thought to be the Madrid club who were in pole position to sign the player in the coming seasons.

Gareth Bale returned into the Tottenham team and scored a goal to help his team achieve a close victory over Southampton in a Premier League match played at St. Mary’s Stadium on Sunday. Tottenham won the match by a close margin of 2-1. This victory took the Spurs to no. 4 in the points table. Tottenham currently has 17 points in 9 matches.

Gareth Bale wasn’t able to feature for Tottenham in the last couple of games because he had to spend time with his wife who has given the birth to a daughter. Tottenham missed him a lot in the last two games. In the game against Chelsea, Tottenham got defeated by 4-2, while, in the following game against NK Maribor, the Spurs managed to secure only one point. The Wales winger made a comeback into the team in this match and his comeback certainly strengthened the Tottenham team.

Bale scored the opening goal for Tottenham in the 15^th minute of the match.  Tom Huddlestone set up the goal and Bale deflected the ball into the net with a header. Tottenham’s lead got doubled in the 39^th minute with the goal of Clint Dempsey. Aaron Lennon passed the ball to Jermain Defoe who beat Maya Yoshida and gave the ball to Dempsey who blasted it home to give Tottenham a lead of 2-0. There were no more goals scored in the first half.

In the second half, the Southampton team started well and managed to reduce the lead to 2-1 in the 66^th minute when Jay Rodriguez gave the finishing touch to a fine corner kick from Fonte. The Southampton team got a couple more goal scoring opportunities after that, but, they didn’t manage to capitalize on those chances and remained trailed by 2-1 right till the end.

This was the fifth victory for Tottenham in the ongoing Premier League. Tottenham’s next match will be a Capital One Cup encounter against Norwich City on Wednesday.