Roberto Soldado eager for fresh start as Tottenham play it tough over Real Madrid bid to lure Gareth Bale Daniel Levy, the Spurs chairman, is determined to maintain his hardball stance with the Spanish giants and is insisting that Madrid's initial £85 million offer, believed to have been made last week, will not be enough to persuade him to sell the winger. Bale is expected to miss the friendly against Monaco this weekend with the muscle problem that has ruled him out for the past three games but Madrid are facing increasing resistance from Levy, who is understood to be intent on dictating the future of Spurs's prized asset. Álvaro Morata, the Spain Under-21 international striker, could be used as a potential sweetener in the deal. Carlo Ancelotti, the Madrid head coach, has admitted for the first time his club are in talks with Spurs for the 24-year-old, but Levy is only prepared to accept a mammoth deal topping the £100 million mark. Despite Levy's aggressive positioning, Bale's departure appears increasingly inevitable but the impending Tottenham club record £26 million transfer of Soldado will at least end Villas-Boas's lengthy search for a proven international forward. After paying £17 million for Brazil international Paulinho, Spurs will smash their transfer record for the second time this summer by finally completing their protracted move for Soldado, who has conceded his new employers are facing an uphill task to retain Bale. He said: "Bale is a great footballer and you can see the effort Tottenham are making to prevent him from leaving. Of course I want him to stay. Tottenham's need for attacking reinforcements has been well documented, as has their desire to bring in the Spain international, and Soldado flew to the capital for a medical yesterday. A deal stalled when they refused to meet Valencia's asking price after missing out on David Villa but they have now thrashed out an agreement, after a compromise was reached following a delay over agents" fees. Soldado said: "Moving to Tottenham is a new project, a change in my life. I will keep growing.