Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has told Alan Hutton he can have a big future at White Hart Lane.
Redknapp has assured him he still has a big future at the club if he reproduces yesterday's attacking performance and improves his game defensively.
Indeed, Redknapp believes Hutton could be as brilliant down the right-hand side for Spurs as Bale has been down the left.
He said: "I said to him after the game, 'You were great for us. You could do that for us week in, week out'.
"It gives you a Gareth Bale, if you like, on the other side - someone who can really get forward and cause people problems."
He added: "I want to see him push on; I want to see him have a great time here because he's capable of doing that."
Redknapp admitted he did not know if Hutton had played his last game for Spurs when he let him move to Sunderland in January.
But he insisted he had not been move trying to move the full-back on and is now even considering changing his system to get the best out of the defender.
He said: "I'm not just saying this. There is a player there; there's a real player there.
"He wasn't one that I wasn't keen to get rid of. There no-one I really tried to bomb out from this group. And he can play, Alan; he's a great, attacking right-back. If you wanted to change the system, play with three centre-halves, and if you had him and Bale as wing-backs, you would have two amazing attacking full-backs.
"They'd be up there with (Glen) Johnson and Ashley Cole in terms of getting forward. If you play with three centre-halves and change the system, it interests me and it's something I might do at times."
He added: "He's got bags of ability; he's got it all. He's a great athlete.
"He wanted to go on loan last year and he wasn't in the side. If he can concentrate and work hard and we can improve him defensively, he could be one of the best right-backs because he's such an athlete.
"When he opens his legs and he gets forward, he's got pace to burn and he's 6ft 1in.
"He's quick, he's aggressive, he's strong. He switches off defensively at times; that's what's cost him. But if he concentrates and wants to work on that side of his game, he can be top drawer - there's no doubt about that."
