Jose Mourinho warned he could lose the dressing room after Tottenham loss at Man City

Gareth Bale and Dele Alli were introduced as second-half substitutes in Spurs' 3-0 defeat to Manchester City

Jamie Redknapp believes Jose Mourinho's treatment of Dele Alli and Gareth Bale could turn the dressing room against him.

Former Tottenham midfielder and Sky Sports pundit Redknapp claims too many players at the club don't seem to be on the same wavelength as their manager who keeps burning bridges within the club.

In the build-up to Saturday's game, Mourinho criticised the "contradictory" nature of a post from Bale on Instagram which indicated he was fit for the midweek FA Cup tie against Everton, when the reality was, according to his manager, he wasn't.

Alli has remained a peripheral member of the squad over the last six months, with no coherent reason given and was in talks to leave the club in January.

Bale has started two of a possible 23 Premier League fixtures and Alli just one, and both were introduced after the break at the Etihad Stadium as the game was drifting away from the visitors.

"He brought on Dele Alli and Gareth Bale, almost to bail him out - if you like - he’s been treating them badly, they’ve not been in the team and now you’re asking them to make a difference for you," Redknapp told Sky Sports.

"That is not how modern football works, the players are like: ‘nah, that’s not for me’.

"You need to keep players on side and Jose is making a habit right now of upsetting too many people he needs as allies, not enemies.”

Former Republic of Ireland international Richard Dunne has claimed Mourinho's tactics have crushed the confidence of Matt Doherty following his move from Wolves.

The 29-year-old has developed a reputation over the last two season as one of the best attacking full-backs in the division but has had his natural game restricted by Mourinho's pragmatism, even losing his place to centre midfielder Moussa Sissoko.

Serge Aurier has previously clash with Mourinho, while Tanguy Ndombele has successful managed to win his manager over having not been part of the first-team for much of last season.

Redknapp also claimed that Spurs are a "shadow" of the side that beat Manchester City 2-0 in November, with no real sense of structure or resilience to their game plan anymore.

“They were passive all game, really," he added. "This is a side who are too easy to play against right now, earlier in the season they were making challenges and (on Saturday) they were too easy to play against."