Gareth Bale feels Joe Rodon should've played more for Tottenham last season.

Rodon made just ten appearances in all competitions at club level last season and the centre-back has been tipped to leave Spurs this summer with Nottingham Forest, Leeds and Brighton all linked to the 24-year-old.

Bale, a former Tottenham team-mate, reckons Rodon will be a smash hit in the Premier League if he leaves Conte's Champions League qualifying side.

Wales captain Bale said: "For me personally, I feel like he should be playing at Tottenham. He's shown time and time again how good he is, I think personally when I was there last year, I felt he deserved to be playing.

"He's a top professional, he doesn't moan – he tries to moan but I tell him not to. I just say keep your head down, keep working because that way the manager can never use that excuse to not play you. So he is a very good professional, he's a great young player.

"Of course he knows himself he should be playing week-in and week-out. He wants to be playing week-in and week-out. I don't feel like he's really had the opportunity to play a consistent run of games at Tottenham and I feel like if he did, he would be fantastic for them.

"Even if he has to go to another team, he's going to strengthen that team no matter who it is. So he's a great player, obviously a great friend and top professional as well."