AVB: Strong Spurs don't need Bale
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Andre Villas-Boas: Strong Spurs dont need Gareth Bale for success
Andre Villas-Boas says Tottenhams 5-0 defeat of Dinamo Tbilisi shows his side can be successful without Gareth Bale.
Bale is expected to complete a world-record move worth in excess of £100m to Real Madrid in the coming days and was absent from the first leg of Spurs Europa League play-off in Georgia last night with a reported foot injury.
But Villas-Boas, who remained tight-lipped over the Welshmans future in a post-match interview, said last nights dominant display shows the strength of his side, even without their star man.
Does this show we can compete without Bale Yes, it was a good result. The team are changing and adapting to new players. It was good to test a few things as well, said the Portuguese boss.
In the end we wanted to get a result that put us in a good position for the second leg and we achieved it.
We are building a very, very strong team for the future. Strong teams are consistent when they have their best players available you always want a stronger team than the one before. Our idea is to be stronger even more than last season.
Goals from the impressive Andros Townsend, Paulinho, Danny Rose and two from the clubs new record signing Roberto Soldado sealed the victory, as Spurs all but assured their place in the group stages.
Andre Villas-Boas says Tottenhams 5-0 defeat of Dinamo Tbilisi shows his side can be successful without Gareth Bale.
Bale is expected to complete a world-record move worth in excess of £100m to Real Madrid in the coming days and was absent from the first leg of Spurs Europa League play-off in Georgia last night with a reported foot injury.
But Villas-Boas, who remained tight-lipped over the Welshmans future in a post-match interview, said last nights dominant display shows the strength of his side, even without their star man.
Does this show we can compete without Bale Yes, it was a good result. The team are changing and adapting to new players. It was good to test a few things as well, said the Portuguese boss.
In the end we wanted to get a result that put us in a good position for the second leg and we achieved it.
We are building a very, very strong team for the future. Strong teams are consistent when they have their best players available you always want a stronger team than the one before. Our idea is to be stronger even more than last season.
Goals from the impressive Andros Townsend, Paulinho, Danny Rose and two from the clubs new record signing Roberto Soldado sealed the victory, as Spurs all but assured their place in the group stages.
