Tottenham Star Gareth Bale plays out of his mind stopping Inter 3-1

Gareth Bale

Harry Redknapp insists Gareth Bale is not for sale at any price after the 21-year-old’s destruction of Inter Milan.

The Wales wide man was once again the star man as Tottenham swept aside the European champions with a 3-1 win in the Champions League at White Hart Lane on Tuesday night.

Bale had already sent shockwaves across the continent a fortnight ago when scoring a hat-trick during Spurs’ 4-3 defeat by Inter in the San Siro.

And his teasing of Brazil right back Maicon in the return fixture cemented his place as one of the hottest properties in the world – with Inter, Barcelona and Real Madrid all keen on the former Southampton man.

Reports in Italy talk of a £35million price tag, but Redknapp warned: ‘I don’t think Gareth needs to go anywhere else to play his football.

As far as selling him goes, the people who own Tottenham are not poor people. They don’t need to sell him. He needs to stay here at White Hart Lane.’

Bale was once mocked for making 24 Barclays Premier League without being on a winning Spurs side, but he emerged in the second half of last season as an improving, marauding left winger, having earlier played at full back.

Barca dealmaker Andoni Zubizarreta confirmed his admiration earlier this week, Napoli recently admitted they made a move in the summer, while Inter, Juventus and AC Milan have all been linked since the end of last season.

Manchester United tried to sign Bale when he left Southampton for north London in 2007 and will regret missing out on the youngster who is increasingly looking like the Welsh heir to Old Trafford wing wizard Ryan Giggs.

Bale, who created goals for Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko after Rafael van der Vaart had hit Spurs’ opener, admitted he was trying to keep his feet on the ground after the game.

‘It was great,’ he said. ‘It was special beating the European champions. It will be a night that will never be forgotten.

‘I’m just trying to keep my feet on the ground, work hard in training and do well in games and enjoy my football. I’m happy at the moment.’

Spurs will hope that ‘the moment’ lasts for a long time – as his list of checkbook wielding European admirers lengthens.

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The Mail

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~ by The Football Network on November 3, 2010.