Gareth Bale has recently shown the sort of form Tottenham envisaged when they landed him on loan in the summer.
The Welshman enjoyed his first spell as a Tottenham player and earned a big-money move to Real Madrid after dominating the Premier League.
After winning all the major trophies in club football, he struggled to find a place in Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid team and was sidelined for the best part of the last two seasons.
Spurs brought him back in the summer with confidence that he can rediscover his form of old.
The attacker has taken time to get going, but his performances in the last few games have been impressive.
Spurs now face a decision over his future and they will have to decide if they want to keep him for another season at the end of this campaign.
Noel Whelan says he will only stay if Jose Mourinho pushes to keep him beyond this season.
Asked if he thought it would be easy for Spurs to strike another deal for Bale, Whelan told Football Insider’s Russell Edge: “Yeah, you’d think so.
“I’m sure Jose will have the last say. He won’t come down to peer pressure from fans or anybody else. Jose knows what he wants and the chairman will back that, I’m sure.
“Like I say, there’s no friends in football. There’s no love just because you’ve been at a club before.
“Jose will choose what he feels best is best for Tottenham Hotspur. Gareth Bale’s got until the end of the season to prove he’s worthy of a contract.”