Tottenham Hotspurs player Gareth Bale is angry at claims that his silence about his future at the club is giving his teammates and management a tough time.
According to the Mirror, Spurs boss Andre-Villas Boas had expressed on Thursday that nobody knew Bale's mental state because he did not speak.
However, the report said that Welshman Bale feels he has kept everyone at the club well aware of his desire to join Real Madrid, talking to Villas-Boas on a daily basis.
Real Madrid have so far offered to pay 86.3 million pounds for the striker, 26.8 million pounds as a down payment and the remainder in annual installments, the report added.
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