Real Madrid hope to seal a £95million deal for Gareth Bale before they return from their US tour on August 11, The Sun reports.
President Florentino Perez travelled with the team for friendlies in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Washington and Miami and expects talks to continue this week.
A Madrid source said: “Bale is the chosen man.Efforts to sign him will continue. We are hopeful a deal can be done soon.”
And now Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is set to hold showdown talks with Bale early this week.
After their £81m bid was rejected, Real will offer £51m cash plus Angel Di Maria and Fabio Coentrao, to take the deal to £95m.
Meanwhile, Spurs were last night closing in on landing Valencia’s Spanish striker Roberto Soldado for £25.8m.
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Daniel Levy is giving Gareth Bale the silent treatment over Real Madrid’s world-record bid to sign him, the Mirror reports.
The Spurs chairman is refusing “point-blank” to hold any further talks with Bale on the issue after ruling the Welshman will not be sold this summer regardless of whatever Real may offer.
Levy has already dismissed Madrid’s offer of £51million plus Angel Di Maria and Fabio Coentrao - totalling £95million.
Levy - set to announce the record-breaking, £26million signing of Roberto Soldado from Valencia this week - is now giving Bale the cold shoulder.
The Spurs chief is desperate to reach the Champions League and believes they have a much better chance with Bale in the side.
But while Tottenham were claiming dirty tricks by Real last week, Bale’s camp are angry that Levy is reneging on a promise made to their man last year.
They claim Levy told Bale when the winger signed his new deal last year that he would be allowed to leave if Madrid moved in for him this summer.