Tottenham have yet to discuss extending Gareth Bale’s loan deal by another 12 months, according to reports.
The Wales international re-joined Spurs on a season-long loan last summer.
Bale has spent much of the season on the bench after struggling to work his way into Jose Mourinho’s first team.
But according to the Evening Standard, the Spurs hierarchy have yet to hold talks with Real Madrid or Bale’s representatives.
Los Blancos cover more than half of Bale’s reported £600,000-a-week pay packet, and they are looking to get his earnings off the books as they consider a move for either Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappe.
Mourinho believes Bale’s upturn in form is down to the removal of “psychological scars”.
“It is not that we have challenged him or anything,” he told AS. “We have only supported him.
“I found psychological scars in him. When you are a couple of seasons with many injuries, the important thing is not only the muscular scars, but also the psychological ones, which bring fear and instability.
“There is a moment when you are working well and when everyone around you is supporting you to the maximum. At that moment the psychological barrier is broken. And he has done it. It was him, not us."
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