Tottenham have hinted that Gareth Bale is nearing a return to first-team action after seven years away from the club.
The Welsh winger completed an emotional return to Spurs last month after signing on a season-long loan deal from Real Madrid.
Fans have been eagerly awaiting his return to the starting line-up, but the 31-year-old has been recovering from a knee injury he suffered on international duty at the start of September.
But Bale, who blew fans away with his eye for goal during training, has recovered and is nearing his second debut for the club with West Ham the visitors to north London on Sunday.
Now Spurs have tweeted out several photos of Bale in training at Hotspur Way which shows the forward engaging in a passing drill under the watchful eye of Jose Mourinho; the sort of exercise that would test the strength of Bale's knee, albeit outside of match conditions.
football.london understands that Tottenham players and staff have been blown away by what Bale has been doing in training over this last fortnight.
After a tough season for Real as he fell out of favour with manager Zinedine Zidane, Bale is now looking to get his sharpness back under Mourinho.
Bale, who is having roughly 40 per cent of his wages paid by Tottenham, could even be in line to play some part in this weekend's London derby.
He hasn't played since completing 90 minutes for Wales against Bulgaria on September 6 so a start may be a touch optimistic, especially in light of Spurs' strong goalscoring form.
Tottenham followed up their 7-2 thrashing of Maccabi Haifa by embarrassing Manchester United 6-1 with Harry Kane and Song Heung-Min leading the line.
Although with Kane set to start for England on Wednesday night against Denmark, largely against Mourinho's wishes due to a slight concern over his thigh, an opportunity could present itself for Bale on Sunday.
