Levy won't sell Bale to Utd, or to any Premier League competitor (as he sees it). Look at how he held out with the Modric to Chelsea saga, al credit to him. And 60m is well short of his value to Tottenham (whether he's worth it is neither here nor there).
I've said it before - the true world stars don't come to the Prem, partly because our teams won't pay the fee, or the wages (Cavani... Falcao - ridiculously overpriced), but partly because we don't offer what the big Euro clubs offer. Living in Paris on 200k a week, or Monaco, or playing for Real or Barca, it fantasy stuff for these boys, as lovely as I'm sure Alderley Edge and Surrey are, these guys will always look to Europe - lifestyle as well as satisfying football and financial ambition.
The Prem is a stepping stone for the big guns - a means to an end and not an end in itself. As much as I hate to say it, it was for Ronaldo, Alsono, Mascherano and van Nistelrooy, it will be for Mata, Hazard, Oscar, Silva and Aguero.
Naymar, Kaka, Messi, Ronaldo, Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Falcao, Isco and eventually Bale. Football's 'A' list who aspire to the money, lifestyle and the realisation of their footballing ambition that the Premier League can't satisfy.
That's why Bale will wait and head to Soain next summer, why we will never see the 'galacticos' head to the Prem, and why great young foreign players come here to make some cash and a name for themselves before they head off over there for the same reason.