Former Tottenham head coach Andre Villas-Boas has revealed a conversation he had with Gareth Bale that ignited the Welshman's career.
Villas-Boas spent a season and a half in charge in north London, leading Spurs to a fifth-place finish in 2012-13 before he was sacked midway through the following season.
The 2012-13 campaign was also Bale's final season with Spurs before his big-money move to Real Madrid, with the Wales star netting 21 Premier League goals during that season.
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Villas-Boas has claimed some of the credit for the form which led to that transfer, saying a mid-season conversation with Bale helped change the course of his campaign.