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Gareth Bale is due to fly into London on Friday to complete his return to Tottenham, but Jose Mourinho would still not confirm the move on Thursday.<\/p>\nGareth Bale is due to fly into London on Friday to complete his return to Tottenham, but Jose Mourinho would still not confirm the move on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Welshman will leave Spain to put the finishing touches on a season-long loan deal from Real Madrid, the PA news agency understands.<\/p>\n
Spurs have been in discussions over the last two days to sign 31-year-old Bale, seven years after he left for a then world-record fee, and it appears all financial hurdles have been overcome.<\/p>\n
It is reported that Bale will be accompanied on the plane by Madrid team-mate Sergio Reguilon, who will join on a permanent transfer, with the club hoping to announce both deals before the weekend.<\/p>\n
Mourinho played a straight bat to questions about Bale\u2019s move on Wednesday and did so again after watching his side survive a scare in the Europa League second qualifying round against Lokomotiv Plovdiv.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese said: \u201cI cannot comment, I don\u2019t comment on something that I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, at this moment, until I\u2019m told Gareth Bale is a Tottenham player, I still think and feel and respect the fact that he\u2019s a Real Madrid player, so I\u2019m not going to comment on a Real Madrid player.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Spanish club are understood to be paying a large chunk of Bale\u2019s sizable salary.<\/p>\n
Left-back Reguilon, who was interesting Manchester United, is primed to make a \u00a327.5million move on a five-year deal after Spurs swiftly concluded negotiations for his services.<\/p>\n
There is thought to be a buy-back clause inserted in the deal by Real Madrid.<\/p>\n
Bale\u2019s return will tug on the heart strings of Spurs fans after a hugely successful first stint at White Hart Lane.<\/p>\n
The Cardiff-born player swapped the north London club for the Spanish capital in 2013, winning four Champions Leagues during a medal-laden spell at the Bernabeu.<\/p>\n
But Bale has found himself marginalized under Zinedine Zidane and spent the last two years struggling to get in the side.<\/p>\n
His return to Spurs is also timely for Mourinho after a dismal start to the campaign against Everton on Sunday, when they looked void of all creativity in a sluggish 1-0 loss.<\/p>\n
They also needed two goals in the final 10 minutes to overcome Bulgarian outfit Plovdiv, having gone a goal down with 19 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n