adminTOTTENHAM have received offers from more than one club for Real Madrid target Gareth Bale.
According to senior sources at White Hart Lane, Real’s £86m bid for the 24-year-old Welshman is not the only one being considered.Spurs insist no final agreement has yet been reached with the Spanish giants.
However, Real Madrid still remain on the brink of sealing a world record transfer for Bale after days of negotiations.
The identity of the second bidder is not known, although Manchester United have been linked with the winger this summer.
In a further twist, it has emerged that Spurs have approached Chelsea with a view to buying a player – thought to be Juan Mata – to replace Bale.
Spurs were close to signing the Brazilian winger Willian last week before a late bid from Chelsea beat them to his signature.
Losing out to their London rivals has delayed Spurs finalising the departure of Bale, and Mata had been identified as a potential replacement.
Spurs are frustrated that Chelsea are refusing to sell a player who could now find himself behind Willian in the Stamford Bridge pecking order.
Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United manager David Moyes is to blame for the saga surrounding star forward Wayne Rooney.
Mourinho, speaking ahead of Chelsea’s clash with United yesterday, responded to questions about getting a fiery reception at Old Trafford because of his Rooney interest by putting the heat on Moyes.
“They are against me?” Mourinho is quoted as saying in the Telegraph. “But I didn’t say [to Rooney] you will be a second-choice for me. And they are against me?
“We are trying to get a player that a manager told ‘You will be a second option’ for him. We are not going for [Robin] van Persie.
“They don’t have to be against me. If I say Ramires is a second option for me and he plays when Lampard is tired or injured, if someone comes here to get Ramires, nobody is upset.”
When asked if Moyes was to blame for the ongoing transfer speculation around Rooney, Mourinho said: “Of course.”
The Blues boss, though, did attempt to smooth over his abrasive comments as he prepares to face an early Premier League title test at United.
“In every big team, I am not criticising, you have first options and second options, and those second options must be very good players,” he said. “Of course big teams must have second choices. Big players too. The point is if the players are happy to accept that situation.
“It means they have a fantastic squad. Fantastic. I was playing against them last year. He [Rooney] was on the bench and he [Ferguson] was playing Van Persie, [Danny] Welbeck, [Shinji] Kagawa. The squad is amazing. So it is natural that some players have to be second choice.”-BBC/Soccernet.
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