• Winger's displays have made him a target for leading
clubs
• 'I just want to keep playing my football at White Hart Lane'
Gareth Bale
has committed his future to Tottenham Hotspur
and is adamant he can realise his ambitions at White Hart
Lane.
The Tottenham winger's performance in last night's Champions League win over
Internazionale made headlines across Europe and he is said to be a
target for leading clubs across the continent. But Bale sees no
reason to leave Spurs.
"I think we can achieve what we want," he said. "We've got a
great squad, we've got a young squad and we've got a good manager.
If we keep progressing the way the way we are then we've got a lot
of bright stuff in the future to come.
"I'm just enjoying playing my football at Tottenham. I'm
learning every week, the manager's got confidence in me, the team's
playing well, and we've got a good, young squad coming through.
"I'm just happy at Tottenham now; I just want to keep playing my
football there and keep progressing as a player."
Asked by the BBC whether he could promise he would stay until
the end of his contract in 2014, Bale said: "Yes."
A more immediate focus is on continuing Tottenham's impressive
debut season in the Champions League. "We're not in the competition
just to make up the numbers; we want to do as well as we can," Bale
said. "We're going to go into every game looking to win it; we're
going to give it our all, and the most important thing is we take
one game at a time and not get too carried away with
everything."
Bale has never experienced the kind of media scrum that greeted
him at an event in central London this afternoon. But the
unassuming 21-year-old from Cardiff appeared to take it all in his
stride in exactly the same manner as he did in repeatedly galloping
past the hapless Inter defence yesterday.
"It's obviously nice to get people talking about you, saying
nice things," said Bale at the launch of BT's new football fan
website, www.lifesapitch.co.uk. "But I know I have to keep working
hard and keep improving and that's all I want to do."
Asked why he was playing so well, he replied: "I think it's a
bit of everything. The team's playing well, the manager's got
confidence in us, I feel as though I'm improving as a player and I
think when all those things come together, you get good
performances."
It is unclear to whom Bale owes his unflappable demeanour but he
is certainly keen to model himself on his idol Ryan Giggs. "He's
shown, ever since he made his debut, what a good player and what a
good person he is for football," Bale said. "He's an amazing person
to follow and hopefully I can come a little bit near him."
