Interim Tottenham manager Ryan Mason refused to speculate on whether the club would keep Gareth Bale beyond 2020-21, telling reporters the subject "is a discussion for once the season is done".
His comments came after Bale put three past Sheffield United on Sunday in a 4-0 win for Spurs - the first time the winger has netted a hat-trick in the Premier League since 2012.
Bale has alternated between being a core part of Tottenham's attack and a fringe player while on loan from Real Madrid this year, but Mason claimed the Wales player "hasn’t and won’t lose that [world class] ability in the final third".