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title: "TalkSport presenter claims Spurs move against West Ham was ‘Disrespectful’"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Dan Clubbe"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2020-10-20T11:00:00Z"
modified: "2020-10-20T11:00:00Z"
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# TalkSport presenter claims Spurs move against West Ham was ‘Disrespectful’

TalkSport’s drive show host [Adrian Durham has claimed](https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1318237977798115328?s=20) Tottenham were ‘disrespectful’ by bringing on Gareth Bale at 3-0 against West Ham on Sunday.

Bale made his second debut for Spurs as he came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute with the hosts in complete control.

The former Real Madrid man spurned [a golden chance](https://youtu.be/5hsld0k4TzU?t=145) to further extend the lead, and now Durham has claimed: ”the substitution where Bale came on was disrespectful to West Ham.”

> 👀 “The substitution of Bale, I thought it was disrespectful to West Ham.”
>
> 👎 “It was almost like it was a testimonial!”[@talkSPORTDrive](https://twitter.com/talksportdrive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) felt it was disrespectful from [#THFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/THFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to bring Gareth Bale on at 3-0 ❌ [pic.twitter.com/ZQvGgMi64z](https://t.co/ZQvGgMi64z)
>
> — talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) [October 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1318237977798115328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Co-presenter and former England cricketer Darren Gough was less critical as he argued the Welshman needed the run out to increase his match fitness.

However, Durham further exclaimed: ”it was almost like it was a testimonial.”

The drive host was suggesting Mourinho saw the 3-0 scoreline as the perfect opportunity to give his returning star man a run out with the game won, describing the decision as ‘not good game management’, something which obviously came back to bite the Spurs boss.

Following Bale’s introduction, the Hammers performed a miraculous comeback, scoring three goals in the final 10 minutes.

Ironically it was a David Moyes substitute who had the greater impact – Manuel Lanzini’s wondergoal in the dying moments completed the rescue mission and earned the Irons point against their London rivals.

### READ WEST HAM VERDICT

It’s hard to agree with Durham on this one. Jose Mourinho was always likely to utilise Bale now the 31-year-old has trained with the club for a sufficient period having not gone away on international duty.

Despite his recent lack of match time, the [four times UEFA Champions League winner](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/gareth-bale/erfolge/spieler/39381) has [bags of quality](https://talksport.com/football/748686/jurgen-klinsmann-gareth-bale-tottenham-talents/) and would walk into almost any team around Europe.

Therefore if anything his introduction could well be seen as a mark of respect to Moyes’ men. With Mourinho still feeling the need to grab a fourth goal to make sure of the points – which as it turned out would’ve been all-important.