Football Update: Tottenham Hotspur ready to fight for Gareth Bale in the summer transfer window
Tottenham have responded in an emphatic manner to Roberto Mancini’s claim that Gareth Bale will be club football’s hottest property in the 2011 summer transfer window later on this year as Harry Redknapp has squashed any rumours of the Welshman seeking a
move away from the London club.
Bale has had a fantastic year with Tottenham thus far. Tottenham have already secured their place in the last sixteen teams of the UEFA Champions League and they are scheduled to face AC Milan in their next UEFA Champions League encounter in February. Tottenham
recently agreed to allow http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/David-Beckham-c10432 to train with their first team squad as well.
Tottenham will be fighting tooth and nail against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Manchester City to secure a fourth place spot in the 2010-2011 season of the English Premier League as a fourth place finish will be Tottenham’s only way to participate in the UEFA
Champions League next season. In the previous summer transfer window, Tottenham brought in Rafael Van Der Vaart, the Dutchman has lit the White Hart Lane alight with his spectacular performances thus far and the Hotspur faithful will be hoping that the ex-
Real Madrid man can perform well against Manchester United on the weekend as well.
In his latest comments, Harry Redknapp countered Mancini’s claim that Bale will be http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/The-Strongest-c40725 target in the summer transfer window which will open after the 2010-2011 season comes to an end. Harry said,
"Well I don't know why Roberto would talk about Gareth really. It's great to have him here and long may he stay at Tottenham. I don't see any way that he's going to be looking to move. He doesn't want to move and we don't want to sell him. If you're building
a football club you don't sell young players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gareth-Bale-c14422. So he's here to stay hopefully."
The ex-West Ham United manager also spoke about his side’s match against Manchester United, who currently lead the English Premier League table. Redknapp stated, "It's a massive game. They're a great side. People raise their game against them. They're
a top, top team, unbeaten this year, people say they're not playing well but they haven't lost a game yet so they can't be doing too bad."
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