Former Tottenham midfielder Jamie O'Hara was left disappointed by Gareth Bale's comments last week.

Bale has stated he intends to return to parent club Real Madrid at the end of the season.

O'Hara told talkSPORT: “As players we've all said things in press conferences and thought, 'I probably shouldn't have said that…' I don't think he's meaning to be disrespectful for Spurs and Spurs fans, because he's done so well there over the years… but it was disrespectful.

“As a Spurs fans we all loved him. In terms of what he's done for Spurs, you can't take away the fact he was the guy for Spurs for a while, he was amazing.

“But has he tarnished his legacy?

“I've played with Gareth and I've always said this, he had a quiet arrogance about him. He believed in his own ability, he knew where he wanted to be. He didn't go out with the lads or really mix with them too much, but he had a quiet arrogance over where he wanted to go as a football player.

“But I feel like when you start to come to the back-end of your career and you start going down, you've got to humble yourself a little bit and get in the real world, because you can tarnish a lot of the great things that you've done by saying something like he did."