Gareth Bale picks up ankle injury

May 8, 2011
By: Frank Beresford

Gareth Bale is a major doubt for Tottenham’s final three games of the season after picking up an ankle injury against Blackpool.

The Welsh winger was stretchered off during the Blackpool game and he could now miss the remainder of the season.

“He has done his ankle, it looks quite bad,” Harry Redknapp was quoted as saying.

“We are not sure whether he has done his ligament or something. They are checking up on him but it is quite swollen.

“It looked a bad challenge, to be fair. But that is how it goes.

“They will scan him for sure and see how it is. It might not be so bad. He might have done his ligament, it may just be a twist. I don’t know, we’ll have to wait and see.”

This injury comes at a bad time for Tottenham as Spurs are hoping to ward off Liverpool’s challenge for the fifth place in the standings, although it appears that Harry Redknapp is not too keen on Spurs playing in Europa League.

“Teams get in and then want to get out of it,” Redknapp added.

“It’s amazing, half the teams put reserve teams out in the early stages as it’s difficult playing every Thursday and Sunday. It disrupts you.

“Last year we didn’t have European football and we ended up finishing fourth, and that was a big advantage to us.”

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