Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is confident 19 year old Gareth Bale will eventually become first choice left back but only after work on the defensive side of his game. "He has to learn the game," Redknapp said. "He has everything to be a top player. He has to learn how to defend, learn how not to let people play balls inside him, learn to recover, just learn parts of his game.

"But it's all there. He's 6ft tall, a great athlete and I didn't know he had a long throw until the NEC game. It was amazing he threw it that far. He never showed that before, he kept it up his sleeve.

"He may have to play forward until he learns the position better but I can see him being a top left-back."