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André Villas-Boas deny Gareth Bale is on edge of shift to Real Madrid
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André Villas-Boas deny Gareth Bale is on edge of shift to Real Madrid.
André
Villas-Boas have assumed the only get in touch with Tottenham have had with
Real Madrid is to inform them Gareth Bale is not for sale. Photograph: Matthew
Childs/Action Images
André
Villas-Boas has powerfully
shorn of that Gareth Bale is on the edge of amalgamation Real Madrid,
insist that the only contact Tottenham
Hotspurhave had with the Spanish giant amounted to letting them know
the Welshman is not for sale.
Although reports in Spain over the weekend optional a world
record ¤100m (£86.3m) deal was close to being finalised for Bale, who is worried
for Tottenham to allow him to make his dream move to the Bernabéu, Villas-Boas continue
to maintain that the 24-year-old figures heavily in his plans for the coming
season. He was also critical of his Real counterpart,
Carlo Ancelotti, for making the talks between the two clubs public.
"I
think the rumours that anything is about to happen are not true," the
Spurs manager said. "We've allowed ourselves conversations with Real
Madrid, confirmed by their coach, I think, wrongly, but the only thing we've
communicated is that the player is our player and not for sale."
It has
been made clear that Bale, who was missing as a makeshift Tottenham side lost
5-2 in a friendly at Monaco on Saturday, wishes to leave White Hart Lane and
the club's position is weakened by their incapability to offer a player
regarded as one of the best in the world champion League football after they
finished fifth last season. Bale, however, has been irritated by Tottenham's
refusal to budge, with the chairman, Daniel Levy, proving as hard-nosed as
ever.
Although
there is a straight cash offer on the table from Real, who are willing to break
the transfer record they set when they bought Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester
United for £80m in 2009, Levy is a tough speaker and he wants to see how much
he can squeeze out of Real's chairman, Florentino Pérez.
There
is a possibility of Real sweeten any deal by sending players in the differing
direction. Tottenham have spoken an interest in taking the highly rated
20-year-old striker Alvaro Morata, although Real do not want to lose him, and
Villas-Boas is also an admirer of the Portuguese left-back Fabio Coentrão.
Angel di María has also been put ahead by Real.
Levy,
who sold Luka Modric to Real last year, is aware that time is on his side and
he is in no hurry to cave in. He has experienced his fair share of transfer
sagas and has a history of invention clubs concerned in his best players wait
for as long as promising. However, the pressure from Real on Tottenham to sell
Bale, whose pre-season has been disrupted by the minor glute injury which has
kept him out for two and a half weeks, will surely intensify.
Villas-Boas,
asked whether he thought Ancelotti was wrong to reveal the talks between the
clubs, said: "I think so, in my opinion. Carlo is a person I appreciate a
lot and we have great respect for each other but, bearing in mind this
situation, they have decided to make it public. Normally in situations like
this in England it is scrutinised by the [Football Association] with lots of
care and thought. We have seen lots of people speak about a player that is not
theirs and we are due some respect.
"There
are conversation because there is big, big respect between the clubs, bearing
in mind the transfer last year [of Modric] and the agreement last year of friendliness
between the clubs. At the moment we are next from those directions.
"But
of the player, behavior in mind the investment you have seen at Tottenham
recently, he is a player who is decisive for us. We are building a very strong
team and we are building for a future with Gareth.
"In
football anything is possible but what we have communicated so far is that we
are not keen to admit to their concentration in the team member."
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