adminMONACO. — Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas upped the stakes in the Gareth Bale transfer saga when he blasted Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti for his public pursuit of the highly-prized Welsh international. Villas-Boas insisted that Bale was not for sale and even pictured the 24-year-old still in a Spurs shirt this season. Bale is widely expected to complete a world record move, valued at around 100 million euros, to the Spanish giants this week.
But Villas-Boas said that the suggestion the player is on the brink of leaving White Hart Lane is just speculation. “In my opinion Carlo was wrong to make it public,” said Villas-Boas, after seeing his side lose 5-2 to Monaco in a pre-season friendly on Saturday.
“We had conversations with Real and these were then confirmed publicly which, in my opinion, was wrong.”
Villas-Boas added: “These rumours of an imminent transfer are not true.”
Bale, who has a foot injury, remained in London where he reportedly had already said his farewells to his Tottenham teammates. — AFP.
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