There is no doubt Modric has the potential to become a world-class midfielder, you only have to look at the clubs who are interested in signing him – Chelsea, Inter and AC Milan and Manchester United and as Harry has commented, he is potentially ‘irreplaceable’, just as Carrick and Berbatov may have seemed at the time. So even if the shrewd business ethics of the Tottenham Chairman generates in excess of £30 million again, what kind of future will follow?
In the short-term, losing Modric will be disastrous. He is potentially a world-class midfielder with supreme technical ability and vision. Who is out there to replace such a talent that Tottenham could realistically attract as not only does selling your best players make others think twice about sticking around, it sends out a message to potential transfer targets of the highest caliber that the club has limited ambition.
Not only these significant points – in letting Modric go, any potential successor to the midfield maestro could take several seasons to gel with his team mates and become accustomed to the rigors of Premier League football, just as Modric took at least a season to show his best. In saying this and remembering Spurs have failed to reach the top four this season gone, does Harry have another year to waste?
Of course Spurs fans will argue the most coveted and lucrative fourth spot was not lost against the other top four clubs, with Spurs gaining results against Arsenal away, Liverpool away, and being robbed away at Chelsea, but in the disappointing results against lesser clubs such as Wigan, Wolves and Blackpool. But in selling Modric not only will this fail to instill a winning and competitive ethic, much needed to overcome tough opposition fighting the relegation battle it will diminish the chances of beating the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool in the coming seasons.
Harry Redknapp should be given the upmost credit for his media plea for Modric to stay, as it is much bigger than one player, Tottenham’s reputation and future rests upon the decision. If Tottenham aim to remain successful domestically it is time to set the precedent that they are not in the business of selling its best players and it is time for Chairman Daniel Levy to take some financial risks, spend big and hope for a future where loyalty can be maintained despite setbacks and ‘big club’ interest. A new club culture has to be moulded if Spurs are to recognize they are indeed a ‘big club’ themselves. The question of how this is to be achieved of course will go unanswered for now.
Written by Alex-Smyth for FootballFancast.com.
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I agree with the general point of the article, you dont want to gain a reputation for being a selling club. But it was only really Teddy Sheringham and Dimitar Berbatov where this has been the case. Michael Carrick was never a great player and for the money that they recieved it was Man United who were mugged there. Arsenal have lost a lot of their key players (Anelka, Vieira, Fabregas is wanting to leave etc) and I dont think Man Utd really wanted to lose Cristiano Ronaldo but they were forced into selling by Real Madrid. It happens to a lot of clubs that people want to move.
Sherringham was effectively kicked out of the club by Alan Sugar, because he threw his toys out of the pram when Spurs wouldn’t give him a 5 year deal.Gerry Francis recommended a 3 year deal because of his age. For full details read Alan Sugar’s autobiography pages 458-9.
I thought the Modric leaving trash / disgusting rubbish is a forgotten subject.
Lucre Mod rich….lol
“gaining a top four finish, the first in the clubs illustrious history” blimey mate you need to know your history!
Seems to me we did pretty well with the funds we got from Carrick and barbytoff.
Better to sell than suffer what berbatov did in wrecking a season for the club. Lets face it we done alright out of Keano and the Liverpool deals
Player trading happens, the media like to turn it into dramatic story’s. It’s because they couldn’t write an investigative piece if they had MI5 doing the reaserch.
The Lazy hacks have sold all our players and bought in everyone for us. So Harry can go and relax now because it’s all sorted.
Must be, it’s in the NEWSpapers
It’s mostly speculation fuelled by ignorance.Imagine for a moment you were Daniel Levy. Over almost ten years you’ve given every manager millions of pounds in order to reach the upper tier. Now look at Harry’s transfer record and the losses we’re likely to incur because of them. Keane will cost us about 10 million. Palacios about 4. Bassong 5-6 Crouch break even at best. Under Ramos/Comolli, Bentley 8-9 million, Hutton 5-6, need I go on. ENIC and Levy have endorsed every manager they’ve appointed and currently they’re expected to take these huge losses and again invest in a manager whose probably going to up sticks and leave quite soon..Over to you guy’s!