Gareth Bale needs to show more "intent and aggression" if he is forcing his way into Jose Mourinho's Tottenham Hotspur side in the Premier League, according to former Spurs midfielder and manager Glenn Hoddle. Since returning to north London during the summer transfer window, signing on a season-long loan from Real Madrid, his game times has been restricted to a three Premier League appearances, with only one of those three outings being a start. The majority of the Wales international's appearances have come in the Europa League, starting all six of Spurs' Group J matches. Appearing on BT Sport's coverage of Spurs' win over Antwerp, which sealed top spot in Group J, Hoddle said: "I'd like him to show a bit more intent and aggression in his mind and prove to Jose ‘I need to be in the first team in the Premier League’. "I don't see that at the moment. If that player is still in there anywhere what he was like two, three or four years ago, then Tottenham go into another gear.” Hoddle, who believes the winger should be ahead of where he currently is in regards to his fitness and performance levels. “By now, I would expect him to be ahead of where he is, he looks fragile and tentative when he goes in and when it is tight," Hoddle added. “He still seems unsure of his body, he hasn't quite got that change of pace. It is getting there but whether he gets it back again is the big question mark, and that was the big risk bringing Gareth back to Tottenham"
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