TOTTENHAM Hotspur authority Daniel Levy was sealed in negotiations on Wednesday night to finalise Gareth Bale’s universe record £94million ($163.5m) send to Real Madrid.
Levy spent a day variable over a sale of a Wales star, creation certain his bar perceived as most income as probable for their 24-year-old talisman.
Madrid chiefs have grown undone during Levy’s hardball approach, and his tough position was confirmed on Tuesday during another day of high-level negotiations.
Levy is austere Fabio Coentrao’s tentative switch to White Hart Lane should sojourn apart from Bale’s transfer, while Real Madrid wish to use a left behind as a makeweight in a deal.
Speaking brazen of Thursday’s Europa League qualifier here opposite Dinamo Tbilisi, Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas insisted a understanding for Bale was not complete.
But Real chiefs are assured a transfer, that will obscure Madrid’s £80m universe record constraint of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United, will go by before a Sep 2 deadline.
Gareth Bale is finally set to secure his long-awaited pierce to Real Madrid.
All a indications indicate to a forward’s approaching exit. Having already spent tighten to £60million on Roberto Soldado, Paulinho, Nacer Chadli and Etienne Capoue, Levy, executive of football Franco Baldini and Villas-Boas continue to strengthen Spurs’ squad.
Given UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules, spending what could be around £120m, though offered cherished item Bale, is rarely unlikely.
But when pressed, a Portuguese manager’s position seemed to soften.
Losing Bale would be a sour blow to Spurs’ debate though after their mega-spending spree, Villas-Boas insists his side — even though a Welsh flyer — will be stronger than final season.
“We demeanour brazen to being stronger than a year before, and we resolutely trust we can be stronger. What we are doing during a impulse shows a intentions.
“It depends on a deals we are means to finish before a marketplace finishes — and it hasn’t finished nonetheless for us.