COACH SAYS HE NEEDS TO FEEL LIKE THE TEAM'S MAIN MAN

Villas-Boas thinks Bale performs better without CR7

In an interview to Portuguese newspaper 'O Jogo', André Villas-Boas made it clear that Bale performs better when Cristiano Ronaldo isn't on the pitch: "We've seen this season that Bale is a bigger player for Real Madrid when Cristiano Ronaldo isn't playing."

Regarding the Welshman, he said: "He's already a world-class footballer. The question is whether he can reproduce his Tottenham form playing alongside the world's best player. When there are two quality players like them on the pitch, they have to share the team's chances.

Villas-Boas thinks that he performed better when he was the main man on the pitch: "At Tottenham, Bale adapted to a playing style that allowed him to adopt a starring role, one which made him his team's most important player. In doing so, he saw more of the ball and increased his goalscoring chances."