Despite the rumblings of the Tottenham hierachy insisting that Modric will not be sold it seems his departure is now inevitable with the player declaring in the Daily Mail “If somebody comes to the club and the offer is good for me and acceptable to them, then I want to leave.”
Well, so far the £22m offer that has been received has been neither good or acceptable to his employers representing a mere £5.5m profit on a prospect they spent a £16.5m gamble on on from Dinamo Zagreb in 2008.
Now the players potential has come to fruition at Spurs the Tottenham chairmen will no doubt play hard ball. Should player power prevail then Levy will be a reluctant seller and hope to instigate a bidding war between prospective suitors to maximize the players fee. Modric’s recent comments will anger the chairman though as it will compromise his market value meaning Spurs may eventually be forced to negotiate a price for a player who has openly stated he wants to leave.
Modric who only signed a new contract last season committing his future to Spurs until 2015 has now put his cards firmly on the table. His ambition to further his career is perhaps understandable but his timing barely 2 months after Spurs quarter final Champions League departure in a thrilling campaign where they superseeded Chelsea‘s own progress will no doubt disappoint fans.
You would have to be naive to think that such commitment by Spurs would be met with enough loyalty by the player to give the club one more season to win back a coveted Champions League spot. However Luka is either ill-advised or extremely naive himself to think he can “leave Tottenham as friends” after admitting “It has happened to Tottenham before. It is normal for a player to dream about playing for a bigger club” like Chelsea.
Time for Tottenham to start looking for a replacement.
Written by Pete Harris for FootballFancast.com.
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So how much would you sell him for and who could we attract that is in the same class as he is??
What a load of Rubbish
So Pete Harris is obviously a subscriber to the”it’s OK to weasel out a valid contract”. It’s people like this that try to validate the corrupt practice of tapping. Congratulations Pete, on your contribution to the destruction of football ethics. Us decent fans know where you stand.
Another crock of s#%t
Nope.
There are only 3 relevant facts: –
1) Modric has five years left on his contract
2) Spurs don’t need to sell
3) If Spurs do sell it will be for a lot more than £30M
Last time i look at this site id urge other fans with dignity to do the same
Pete Harris…Fail
Lets face it, until I actually hear the question, and then Luka’s response without an edit, or until he is actually officially sold, this is all proaganda. As for Chelski, I think Spurs should simply report them for tapping up, you cant send one bid to the holding club and copy in the local newspapers.
How about an article entitled “Why plastic journalists must face facts and realise that Spurs are no longer a selling club”? – All you need to do then, is re-quote Daniel Levy’s statement from the Spurs Official website.
Luka Modric. Everyone’s talking about Luka Modric. The club have made it clear he’s not for sale. He’s on a FIVE year contract and so Lucka himself is in an unfavourable position, even if he wants to leave. He can’t do so without the clubs consent.
Chelsea for their part, had just about got away with a tapping up situation which could have resulted in them being unable to deal in the next two transfer windows; and here they are, at it again.
The FA now, must act. Chelsea have been guilty of tapping up players and coaching staff of other teams from the moment Abramovich took over at chelsea and the FA always seem to grovel at their feet, allowing them to flagrantly break FA rules time and time again. The FA have to grow a backbone and dock them points and even impose sanctions so that chelsea are not encouraged to behave in this manner. The fact that the FA does not act in such situations sends out a message to chelsea that they are above the FA rules and they don’t apply to them. If sanctions are imposed on chelsea then the FA must follow through with them and stop being the cowards they have been in recent years. GROW A BACKBONE WILL YOU!
If you’re going to quote the player at least quote both sides of his statement. This article could just as easily have gone along these lines :
HEADLINE : MODRIC SUGGESTS HE’S HAPPY AT SPURS SO LONG AS THEY STILL WANT HIM!!!!!!
“If somebody comes to the club and the offer is good for me and acceptable to them, then I want to leave.”
Followed by…
MODRIC WON’T BE LURED BY CHELSEA’S MILLIONS!!!!
“I WON’T ASK FOR A TRANSFER, NO. That would be DISRESPECTFUL.”
(^^ I noticed this was left out of your article.)
Quotes and headlines can be whatever you want them to be. Yes, the original article in the Mail suggests Modric is thinking heavily of Chelsea but it also suggests Modric respects the fact he is under contract at Spurs and that his value and availability will be determined by one man and one man only – Daniel Levy. Anyway, other reports suggest Modric is going to backtrack on his comments soon. I don’t know, but I wouldn’t trust anything until the man himself is on the news and I can see him mouthing the words.
at last some sensible people i have said for last few days papers twist words to wat ever they want
where is the full taped version!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
dear so called journo i will wager £100 to charity
he is still at WHL start of season
do you wish to take that on
The facts that need to be faced is the fact the Modric is under contract until 2016 I believe. the reason we lost Carrick and Berbastrop is because they were coming to the end of their contract and Levy didn’t want a repeat of the Sol Campbell. Those are the facts. I also agree with ME. It appears that quotes from Modric have been engineered to look like he is pushing for a move to Chelsea. The thing that makes me laugh is that he had an agreement with the chairman that he would consider offers. If this wasn’t in writing and a buy out clause inserted then he needs a new agent. My thoughts are more along the lines of that he IS happy at Spurs but is prepared to move if Tottenham receive an offer they cannot refuse and it is from a club that Modric wants to move to. I’m really fed up of reading the same stuff every day.
What part of ‘Modric is not for sale at any price’ don’t you understand? It would be disasterous for Levy if he sold Modric after that statement. He plays hardball with other teams when it comes to transfers – and he always wins, note Manchester United being forced into a record transfer fee for Berbatov. I would happily put my mortgage on Levy NOT selling Modric.
If the price is good enough he will be sold, the same as Carrick and the same as Berbatov.
Not really. Carrick and Berbatov had less time left on their contracts and were actively seeking moves away (Berbatov even refused to take to the field in some matches if reports at the time are accurate). Modric is happy to stay, but at the same time happy to go if the club agrees a fee. He is also on a much longer contract so unless he tries to force a move, which is unlikely (watch that come back to bite me in the ass haha), he will stay as Levy has made a huge statement and is not the type to back down.
I agree to an extent. Yet Levy is a shrewd businessman, if the price is right for a wantaway player he will accept it.
It’s the same at all clubs, the minute Real offered £80 million Ronaldo was off, and the second that Barcelona offer enough Cesc will jet off to Spain.