"Gareth Bale is not for sale" - Andre Villas-Boas

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has told Real Madrid and former White Hart Lane star Luka Modric that Gareth Bale is not for sale.

Modric, who left Spurs this summer, has called on Bale to come and join him at the Bernabeu, telling The Sun: “I know Gareth has a big dream of winning the Champions League and Madrid would be a great club for him to achieve it.”

But Villas-Boas has told Modric to concentrate on his own career in Madrid.

“I think he should focus more on his club than ours,” Villas-Boas told a news conference.

“He has to worry about (Real’s) game against Atletico Madrid and about getting in to the quarter-finals of the Champions League

“Obviously Modric is aware of Gareth’s performances because of his love for Tottenham and the fact that he is very connected with him and this football club, but it’s completely impossible (for Bale to leave).”