Tottenham boss rips Madrid coach over Bale pursuit

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas upped the stakes in the Gareth Bale transfer saga when he blasted Real Madrid counterpart Carlo Ancelotti for his public pursuit of the highly-prized Welsh international.

Villas-Boas insisted that Bale was not for sale and even pictured the 24-year-old still in a Spurs shirt this season.

Bale is widely expected to complete a world record move, valued at around 100 million euros ($132 million), to the Spanish giant this week.