Tottenham have finally opened talks with Real Madrid over the 115 million euros (100 million pounds) sale of Gareth Bale, with club officials increasingly convinced the Welshman will leave. <img alt="Gareth Bale" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Gareth-Bale.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 680px;" /> Gareth Bale Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has been adamant all summer that the club&rsquo;s prized asset would not be sold under any circumstances. However, Madrid&rsquo;s concerted campaign has borne fruit in the last couple of days, with their most recent tactic &mdash; a warning to Bale and his advisors that it is &lsquo;now or never&rsquo; for him to force a move &mdash; prompting the 24-year-old to privately tell Levy that he wants to join the Spanish giants. That has led the Spurs chairman, whose &lsquo;no sale&rsquo; policy had been fully backed by owner Joe Lewis, to open dialogue with Real in the last 24 hours, with a meeting between Levy and Madrid president Florentino Perez expected to take place on August 6 in Florida. Even now Levy will only sanction a sale if the deal &mdash; cash only &mdash; smashes the world record 91m euros fee Real paid for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. Tottenham are keen on Blancos left-back Fabio Coentrao, in particular, while Angel di Maria is also seen by many as a good replacement for Bale. But big-money player exchange deals are a complicated matter, and Levy is keen that he realises the full monetary value for a player who still has three years left on his contract, preferring to keep any follow-up bid for Coentrao and Di Maria separate. Though it is not a foregone conclusion that the transfer will go ahead, Levy and manager Andre Villas-Boas are now making plans to bolster the squad in Bale&rsquo;s absence.u00a0

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