Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has urged his board to do all they can to keep hold of Gareth Bale.
Redknapp is determined Spurs won't become a selling club.
"You have to be keeping him here and pay him his wages, look after him. He is one of the players that make the difference," he said.
"When I was at West Ham they sold Rio Ferdinand and that was the beginning of the end. Once you start selling the best young players you're no longer building a team, you're dismantling a team.
"We won't be doing that here, the chairman is ambitious and so are the owners. We're not going to sell Bale.
"You can't afford to lose him and if you sell him, it sends out the wrong signals. If you are going to be a big club you don't want to sell."
