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Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale is the envy of Europe’s top
clubs after destroying Inter Milan’s defence for the second time in two weeks
but manager Harry Redknapp said on Wednesday he was not for sale at any price.

The Welsh left winger followed up his hat-trick in the 4-3
Champions League defeat at the San Siro with a spellbinding display on Tuesday
night as Tottenham beat the European champions 3-1 at White Hart Lane to go top
of Group A.

Bale, 21, bamboozled Inter’s Brazil right back Maicon with a
buccaneering performance, creating the second and third goals for Spurs who
came of age in Europe’s blue riband competition.

Former Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter and Portugal winger Luis
Figo watched Bale’s display in awe and Inter boss Rafael Benitez suggested he
would walk into his team.

Glenn Hoddle, one of Tottenham’s greatest ever players, said
Barcelona and Real Madrid would join the clamour for Bale’s signature although
Redknapp is adamant Bale is going nowhere.

“You couldn’t buy him for 25 or 30 million pounds that’s for
sure,” Redknapp told Sky Sports News in an interview on Wednesday. “If he had a
value, if we wanted to sell him, it would be way in excess of that.

“He is an amazing young player. We wouldn’t entertain a bid. The
chairman said he is not for sale and that’s good enough.

“We are building a team at Tottenham and we are a club that’s
going places. The whole thing is going forward and we are not looking to sell
our best players.”

Highly-rated

Bale was highly-rated when he arrived at Tottenham for 10
million pounds from Southampton in 2007 but lost form and confidence and even
became a jinx for the team which failed to win in any of his first 24 Premier
League appearances.

But Redknapp’s arrival worked wonders and now Tottenham can
boast arguably the best left-sided player in Europe.

“It’s amazing how he can run and run and run against the best
right back in the world,” Redknapp said.

Bale was still leaving Maicon, Lucio and any other Inter player
he found in his way floundering deep into stoppage time on Tuesday and looked
as though he could run all night.

“He was ridiculous tonight,” England striker Peter Crouch, who
scored Tottenham’s second goal from Bale’s fizzing low cross, told reporters.

“It’s a dream for a striker to play with him because you know that nine
times out of 10 he will beat his man and deliver the ball into the danger
area.”