{"id":381530,"date":"2011-04-18T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/18\/tottenham-captain-michael-dawson-praises-%e2%80%98absolutely-top-class%e2%80%99-gareth-bale-after-winger-is-named-pfa-player-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T17:35:00","slug":"tottenham-captain-michael-dawson-praises-absolutely-top-class-gareth-bale-after-winger-is-named-pfa-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/tottenham-captain-michael-dawson-praises-absolutely-top-class-gareth-bale-after-winger-is-named-pfa-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham captain Michael Dawson praises \u2018absolutely top class\u2019 Gareth Bale after winger is named PFA Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Richards<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Apr 2011 18:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.5708206687\">\n<div readability=\"15.2307692308\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL : Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/60d0120400_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL : Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"35.0533642691\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> captain <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9517\/michael-dawson\">Michael Dawson<\/a> has heaped praised on PFA Player of the Year and Spurs team-mate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/wales\/13913\/gareth-bale\">Gareth Bale<\/a>, after the Welshman won the award on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Bale has been in outstanding form for Spurs since he returned to Harry Redknapp&#8217;s starting line-up last January, going on to develop in to one of the most feared footballers currently plying their trade in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>And Dawson, who has been rock solid in defence for Spurs this season, is delighted for his team-mate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gaz Bale has been absolutely top class and he deserves this award,&#8221; Dawson told Tottenham&#8217;s official website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We always knew he had the ability and he&#8217;s been unbelievable since breaking back into the team last season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been great to see how he&#8217;s developed,&#8221; Dawson added. &#8220;He&#8217;s got raw pace, which is so difficult to defend against and he can deliver at the end of those runs as well because he has such quality in that left foot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He works hard every day in training and he&#8217;s a great lad as well, so we&#8217;re all delighted for him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Spurs midfielder Steven Pienaar, a cut-price January signing from Everton, has also praised Bale.<\/p>\n<p>The South African midfielder, using social networking website Twitter, said: &#8220;Congrats to Gareth for winning the PFA player of the year! Its great to see him get recognized!&#8221;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/60d0120400_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/18\/2447413\/tottenham-captain-michael-dawson-praises-absolutely-top\" title=\"Tottenham captain Michael Dawson praises \u2018absolutely top class\u2019 Gareth Bale after winger is named PFA Player of the Year\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tottenham captain Michael Dawson praises \u2018absolutely top class\u2019 Gareth Bale after winger is named PFA Player of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Richards 18 Apr 2011 18:35:00 EPL : Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham captain Michael Dawson has heaped praised on PFA Player of the Year and Spurs team-mate Gareth Bale , after the Welshman won the award on Sunday evening. Bale has been in outstanding form for Spurs since he returned to Harry Redknapp&#8217;s starting line-up last January, going on to develop in to one of the most feared footballers currently plying their trade in Europe. And Dawson, who has been rock solid in defence for Spurs this season, is delighted for his team-mate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tottenham captain Michael Dawson praises \u2018absolutely top class\u2019 Gareth Bale after winger is named PFA Player of the Year - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/tottenham-captain-michael-dawson-praises-absolutely-top-class-gareth-bale-after-winger-is-named-pfa-player-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tottenham captain Michael Dawson praises \u2018absolutely top class\u2019 Gareth Bale after winger is named PFA Player of the Year - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Richards 18 Apr 2011 18:35:00 EPL : Gareth Bale, Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Tottenham captain Michael Dawson has heaped praised on PFA Player of the Year and Spurs team-mate Gareth Bale , after the Welshman won the award on Sunday evening. 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