Levy is losing the PR battle

[raf18]

Levy has nothing to answer. Bale is not for sale and that's the end of it. Why waste time responding to speculation? AVB agrees.

 

[Misfit]

The English papers should be ashamed of themselves IMO. They have practically engineered the transfer of the best British player to a club abroad, with no regard to it weakening Spurs, the EPL and English football in general.

It's such shortsightedness, as in the interests of selling a few more papers in a quiet transfer window, they've basically thrown away all the column inches they'll be able to write about Spurs over the course of the season.

Frankly their arrogance disgusts me.

They'll just make up some "Spurs in Crisis - that's what they get for killing Jesus!" tripe instead.

 

[knilly]

There is no PR battle, its only coming from their side.

Hasnt Levy gone back to Florida for his holiday? Where we will hear from the club the same number of official comments. Zero that's how much of a PR battle this is.

 

[hodsgod]

They are printing Madrids side because they havnt heard our side.

You are 100% correct, AVB refused to comment recently and the club haven't said anything officially. Madrid are just trying to destabilise Bale with a target of making him completely unhappy. then they come in with a £50m offer. I don't believe for one minute they will offer a world record bid.

 

[class of 62]

if bales still here sept 1st pr means shit!.

 

[Blake Griffin]

imagine if harry was still here

 

[guate]

Actually I think that Levy is winning the PR battle. Real Madrid and their minions have all clearly told us that Bale's on his way out and our only response via AVB is that Bale is not for sale (this year at least).
Bale, the brand, thanks to Real's over zealous courting has now become a household name more so that Ronaldo and Messi over the last month. Even the smallest Indian village here in Guatemala now knows who Gareth Bale is and that type of publicity is priceless.
Keep the faith, Bale will not leave this season and Spurs will be so much more well known

 

[RichSpur58]

Actually I think that Levy is winning the PR battle. Real Madrid and their minions have all clearly told us that Bale's on his way out and our only response via AVB is that Bale is not for sale (this year at least).
Bale, the brand, thanks to Real's over zealous courting has now become a household name more so that Ronaldo and Messi over the last month. Even the smallest Indian village here in Guatemala now knows who Gareth Bale is and that type of publicity is priceless.
Keep the faith, Bale will not leave this season and Spurs will be so much more well known

Which is exactly why we should keep him, even if it is another year. He is putting Tottenham on the map. World record bids, FIFA 14 cover, BT, NBC, Facebook etc etc... Its priceless exposure.

 

[Harry_Snatch]

Levy has only lost the PR battle if he DOESN'T want to sell Bale. If he DOES want to sell him for a record bid then the PR battle is going perfectly to plan!!

It's funny that this post only gets neg ripped when negative ITK comes in suggesting the club is thinking about selling for a record bid!

 

[Ironskullll]

So? If he's stupid enough to believe the now or never stuff then he can fuck off because he's clearly too thick to play for Spurs.

Besides as I said elsewhere, there is nothing we can do about Marca, their outlandish stories can then be quoted to buggery in the UK even though they are unsubstantiated because the journalists use a legal loophole whereby their story is another newspapers story, they're technically commenting on Marca rather than on Bale.

If Levy did try to fight fire with fire he could do more harm than good, regardless of the pain in the arse media training that he'll have had, a prickly temperament and high intelligence don't mix well with R Tard Journos (AVB at Chelsea is a case in point).

There is nothing that can be done in the public sphere that will make any difference, it's best to focus our energies actually using our unique position of being able to talk to Bale face to face and let the press implode under the weight of their own bullshit

Winner x 10

 

[lillywhites61]

Levy is simply showing the class Real could only dream of by not telling everyone in the world our business

 

[SteveH]

See your point, personally I think the club needs to nip this story in the bud before it overshadows the whole team.

How would you do this?

 

[Harry_Snatch]

Nothing to do bids or players - so I wonder why it is?

Was it you that neg ripped it?

 

[Azazello]

There is no PR battle.

 

[SlunkSoma]

I think he is loving it. Its win win really. He sells Bale he gets 10x return on his investment (good for the CV), if he doesn't he looks the bollocks to all of football.

 

[hellava_tough]

I think Real have shot themselves in the foot on this one

They've let Bale's price rise to a crazy figure and they have to pay it or lose face

Idiots!

 

[SteveH]

I think Real have shot themselves in the foot on this one

They've let Bale's price rise to a crazy figure and they have to pay it or lose face

Idiots!

With Real its always about not losing face! Which they do on a regular basis...quite funny.

£85m+ they need their bumps feeling

 

[talkshowhost86]

Nonsense thread is nonsense.

We're either going to sell a player for a world record fee (and then some) or we're going to keep him. Both outcomes bring their own benefits and I don't think in either scenario can Levy be said to have lost anything.

 

[ultimateloner]

Why should any one of Bale/us/RM come out to say anything? Whatever happens is a transaction between 3 parties everyone else is just talking about it. You don't generally respond to what people say about you no?

 

[sloth]

Its like the Olympic stadium all over again, where we were battered by miss piggy and the dildo brothers in the press.

Why doesnt Levy just say in a press conference, there is no Madrid bid, hes not for sale anyway. This speculation will ruin our pre season if it carries on.

Which public are they battling to win good relations with? I reckon Real are winning the battle with their own fans...

Also what is the purpose of this battle do you think? What effect do you imagine it having on our season?