White Hart staying: Villas-Boas is set to stay at Spurs (Picture: PA)

Tottenham coach Andre Villas-Boas is expected to snub advances from Paris St Germain when he returns from holiday to remain at White Hart Lane.

The French club, backed by the wealthy Qatar Investment Authority, have made contact with AVB’s agent Carlos Goncalves about a move to the Parc des Princes as a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Carlo Ancelotti.

PSG want to activate a release clause in Villas-Boas’ contract, believed to be around £10million, and then use his strong relationship with Gareth Bale as the foundation for a world-record £85million bid for the Wales international.

But Villas-Boas is expected to stay at Tottenham and honour his deal, which has two years left to run.


No go: Bale is expected to stay with Spurs despite his numerous wealthy suitors (Picture: Getty Images)

He is believed to be happy that former England assistant Franco Baldini is about to be appointed in a director of football role after leaving Roma while Bale’s expected decision to stay in north London should aid the Portuguese’s pursuit of key targets.



Brazilian playmaker Paulinho is close to a £14.5m move from Corinthians and Spurs are also tracking Roma’s Argentina striker Erik Lamela, Brazil forward Landro Damiao and Spain marksmen David Villa and Roberto Soldado.

Three of those five are expected to be at Tottenham before the new season begins in August.