Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid

I keep saying to myself I won't cave in to the lust for Modric's services - but I simply can't help myself.

fecking hell, stop bumping all these threads! My head is spinning, I can't keep going at this rate. If it's not Modric, it's Hazard, or Kagawa, or Shaun Derry.. FFS!
 
Crustanoid said:
I think there is room for Modric, especially given injuries, Scholes and Giggs retiring and Park's apparent demise
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Of course there's room for him, he's better than any midfielder we have (yes, even Carrick) right now, well, apart from Scholes, but he's ancient.

Like people say, he'd be great to have in the team but spending 30m on a 27 year old is another story, HOWEVER, let's not forget that we spent 18m on Young last Summer, a player we needed far less, who isn't as good as Modric, as is only a year younger, so I don't quite buy this whole thing of 'we only sign youth who'll be here for a bazillion years' stuff.
 
peterstorey said:
You got a half-hearted season out of Modric, he'll go for £30M if anyone will pay it. How do you pay for a cf otherwise?
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This notion of a "half-hearted" season is fiction: Modric played well for Spurs ... which is why he continues to be in demand.

We won't spend more than 20m (absolute tops) on a new cf. And we can pay for that out of our normal transfer budget ... especially given that we have a whole raft of fringe players that can be sold: Jenas, Bentley, Bassong, Pienaar, Corluka, dos Santos, Kranjcar etc.
 
GlastonSpur said:
This notion of a "half-hearted" season is fiction: Modric played well for Spurs ... which is why he continues to be in demand.

We won't spend more than 20m (absolute tops) on a new cf. And we can pay for that out of our normal transfer budget ... especially given that we have a whole raft of fringe players that can be sold: Jenas, Bentley, Bassong, Pienaar, Corluka, dos Santos, Kranjcar etc.
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I'm getting deja vu here.

Let me guess, those players are worth a combined £40m or something?
 
Team Brian GB said:
You do if you want to bring new players in, I understand you are looking to buy Adebayor so that will be the best part of £20 million just to keep your squad as it is.
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Like Vertonghen?

You really have no clue about the state of Spurs finances.
 
GlastonSpur said:
This notion of a "half-hearted" season is fiction: Modric played well for Spurs ... which is why he continues to be in demand.

We won't spend more than 20m (absolute tops) on a new cf. And we can pay for that out of our normal transfer budget ... especially given that we have a whole raft of fringe players that can be sold: Jenas, Bentley, Bassong, Pienaar, Corluka, dos Santos, Kranjcar etc.
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Assuming you can find someone to take them.....David Bentley....Really? I think you will have to pay someone to take him.
 
Modric didn't have a great season last year. He would improve our midfield obviously, but he's way too expensive. Not worth £35m and £9-10m a year in wages.
 
Kraftwerker said:
I'm getting deja vu here.

Let me guess, those players are worth a combined £40m or something?
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Quite aside from sales of fringe players, you seem to be forgetting that Spurs generate enough money to be able to splash out on a new incoming player .... when the fancy takes them and if the right opportunity arises.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Quite aside from sales of fringe players, you seem to be forgetting that Spurs generate enough money to be able to splash out on a new incoming player .... when the fancy takes them and if the right opportunity arises.
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A football club that can sign players from another team, what is this hocus pocus you speak of?

I think the point is your ability to do so is diminished by no CL football, both in terms of finances and in terms of a player actually wanting to join.

And do existing players want to wait it out for another stab at CL football in 2013/14 which is by no means guaranteed.
 
I'd rather see how Cleverly develops before we give £30m for Modric. Potentially as good a player, and we already have him.
 
Rednapp pre England decision "i can see Modric leaving in the summer"

Rednapp post England decision"There is no way that we would sell our best players"

Rednapp not in the CL "i can see Modric leaving in the summer"

Harry"i want 10% sell on commision for any player i sign/resign "Trotternap

And people wonder why the tax dodger didn't get the Engerland job.
 
Kraftwerker said:
I'm getting deja vu here.

Let me guess, those players are worth a combined £40m or something?
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I was thinking the same. It's strange that a raft of players worth so much didn't play more of a part as their season collapsed around them.
 
peterstorey said:
You used to be able to before your wage bill hit £96M.
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We still can. Spurs have one of the healthiest balance sheets in the Prem.

In any case, this wage bill nonsense from you has been exposed previously as relating to the season we were in the CL, which included CL bonuses that are no longer payable.

On top of which the wage bill has since fallen due to more players leaving permanently (and others being loaned out) than coming in.
 
Kraftwerker said:
A football club that can sign players from another team, what is this hocus pocus you speak of?

I think the point is your ability to do so is diminished by no CL football, both in terms of finances and in terms of a player actually wanting to join.

And do existing players want to wait it out for another stab at CL football in 2013/14 which is by no means guaranteed.
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Every summer I get told the same old "doom and gloom" stuff about Spurs transfer dealings ... about how all our best players will leave, how the team will decline. Yet, strangely enough, we mostly come up with the goods.

Last summer we added Parker and Friedel to the squad, brought Walker into the first XI, got Adebayor on loan.

The summer before that we signed Sandro and VdV, having brought back Kaboul a few months earlier.

This summer? Who knows, but as a start Vertonghen seems likely, with Caulker perhaps coming into the first team squad.

So I wouldn't write us off just yet.
 
Bilbo said:
I'd rather see how Cleverly develops before we give £30m for Modric. Potentially as good a player, and we already have him.
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feck that, our midfield needs sorting out big time, if it takes signing one of the Premiership's best midfielders to do it, then so be it.

We've waited and waited for years, always on someone else, Hargreaves, Anderson, Cleverley and it's constantly not come to fruition and been a thorn in the arse for a while now.

Just sort out the midfield, end of.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Every summer I get told the same old "doom and gloom" stuff about Spurs transfer dealings ... about how all our best players will leave, how the team will decline. Yet, strangely enough, we mostly come up with the goods.

Last summer we added Parker and Friedel to the squad, brought Walker into the first XI, got Adebayor on loan.

The summer before that we signed Sandro and VdV, having brought back Kaboul a few months earlier.

This summer? Who knows, but as a start Vertonghen seems likely, with Caulker perhaps coming into the first team squad.

So I wouldn't write us off just yet.
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Indeed - last year I recall you getting a bit of stick and a lot of people suggesting that Spurs would never hold onto Modric - largely due to the lack of CL football. He didn't leave as it happened.

I think he might this summer, but I doubt they'll be preapred to sell anyone else. Whether or not you can find a decent repalcement and a a proper centre forward will be the key as to whether you can kick in in my opinion.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Like Vertonghen?

You really have no clue about the state of Spurs finances.
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Fantastic, one player that would cost you £15 million or so.

His added value to the squad might give you a further five points next season, where are you going to get the further twenty to turn yourself from a side seeking a champions league place to a side seeking the title?

And more importantly, where are you going to get the money to do that whilst recycling your squad?
 
Spurs should look at Giroud from Montpellier. Looks a very good striker and wont be too expensive either.
 
Team Brian GB said:
Fantastic, one player that would cost you £15 million or so.

His added value to the squad might give you a further five points next season, where are you going to get the further twenty to turn yourself from a side seeking a champions league place to a side seeking the title?

And more importantly, where are you going to get the money to do that whilst recycling your squad?
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A few posts ago you were saying that Spurs will have to sell Modric or Bale if we "want to bring new players in".

Now, when I've pointed out that Vertonghen's signing seems imminent, you've changed your tune .... into sneering at just one "15m" player.

Well, I'd say that Vertonghen (if he signs) will stand as much chance of impacting positively on our season as does Hazard with Chelski, despite the latter costing you mega-millions more over the contract duration.

And if Spurs need to get a further 20 points to turn ourselves into a side seeking the title, I should point out that you will need an extra 25 points ... all without Drogba.

In any case, our primary goal for next season will not be "seeking the title", it will be aiming to qualify for the CL ... to help fund further squad improvement and development of the new stadium project.

I have zero respect for a plastic club like yours. You don't stand on own two feet and would collapse without a sugar-daddy to prop you up.

As for Spurs, and as I look down the league table at Chelski, I imagine we will continue to be able to attract gifted players and will continue to play a superior game in the transfer market.
 
Cina said:
feck that, our midfield needs sorting out big time, if it takes signing one of the Premiership's best midfielders to do it, then so be it.

We've waited and waited for years, always on someone else, Hargreaves, Anderson, Cleverley and it's constantly not come to fruition and been a thorn in the arse for a while now.

Just sort out the midfield, end of.
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This is exactly what we did with Rio when our defence got to a similar state and has been well worth it. We need to bite the bullet here and buy what is needed to get our midfield to the right standard. Gill keeps going on about the money being there if needed. Well it is needed now, Dave.
 
And while we're at it take the Spurs / Chelsea bickering somewhere else! This thread is about our imminent capture of the missing piece in our midfield jigsaw
 
Crustanoid said:
This is exactly what we did with Rio when our defence got to a similar state and has been well worth it. We need to bite the bullet here and buy what is needed to get our midfield to the right standard. Gill keeps going on about the money being there if needed. Well it is needed now, Dave.
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So you'd spend whatever it takes to get Modric? Even close to £50m?
 
My only problem with signing Modric is that we still wouldn't have cover for Carrick should he get hurt. Modric usually plays with either Parker or Sandro for Spurs doesn't he?
 
Is Modric really worth it, doesn't score and i'm told his assist stat is slightly better than Downing's.

So rather get screwed by Levy for a good player why don't we invest the money on Martinez who is considerably better?
 
Nate Dogg said:
Is Modric really worth it, doesn't score and i'm told his assist stat is slightly better than Downing's.

So rather get screwed by Levy for a good player why don't we invest the money on Martinez who is considerably better?
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How is Martinez considerably better?

Modric seems more realistic, and he's developed into an exceptional box to box player for Spurs.

Carrick Modric
Valencia Kagawa Nani
Rooney

:devil:
 
GlastonSpur said:
A few posts ago you were saying that Spurs will have to sell Modric or Bale if we "want to bring new players in".

Now, when I've pointed out that Vertonghen's signing seems imminent, you've changed your tune .... into sneering at just one "15m" player.

Well, I'd say that Vertonghen (if he signs) will stand as much chance of impacting positively on our season as does Hazard with Chelski, despite the latter costing you mega-millions more over the contract duration.

And if Spurs need to get a further 20 points to turn ourselves into a side seeking the title, I should point out that you will need an extra 25 points ... all without Drogba.

In any case, our primary goal for next season will not be "seeking the title", it will be aiming to qualify for the CL ... to help fund further squad improvement and development of the new stadium project.

I have zero respect for a plastic club like yours. You don't stand on own two feet and would collapse without a sugar-daddy to prop you up.

As for Spurs, and as I look down the league table at Chelski, I imagine we will continue to be able to attract gifted players and will continue to play a superior game in the transfer market.
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You never learn do you, the amount of times you have come up with grandiose statements only to have to later backtrack should have taught you by now not to do it. I don't even know what a 'superior game in the transfer market' is supposed to mean - considering we can go out and sign the greatest players in the world I would have thought means we win on that front but obviously not in your eyes.

The simple fact of the matter is you have been going sideways for over five years minus a year where Ramos did his best to send you into meltdown, 65 points a year or so has become your forte and despite the rise of Modric, Bale, the praise Parker has got for you and the acquisition of Van der Vaart you continue to do no more than move laterally and recycle yourselves.

Which is my point about the sale of some of your players - you are not going to move up a level by buying a player here or there. There are no obvious weaknesses in your team which in this sense is a weakness in itself, you cannot replace and bring in one player or two to bring yourselves to another level, you are going to have to replace four or five.

And that you cannot do if you don't sell players to be replaced by better ones, unless of course you are happy with just missing out on the champions league more often than not.
 
And if you are going to make sound judgements about Chelsea at least base them on sound knowledge - Drogba hasn't been Chelsea's best player for two years and this last season he scored less goals in the premier league than John Terry did, something tells me our league performance in the future can get by without him.
 
Can the Cockneys please take their jellied eels and argument elsewhere?! This thread is about Man Utd possibly signing Modric. Your bickering is boring.
 
Plan M said:
Can the Cockneys please take their jellied eels and argument elsewhere?! This thread is about Man Utd possibly signing Modric. Your bickering is boring.
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Jellied eels? Tottenham is on the eastern side of the city but Chelsea isn't, how could you possibility associate a fine, upstanding club with an SW postcode with jellied eels.

Really, come on now, we also don't play 'hands, shoulders, knees and toes' like Tottenham fans in Haringey do but that could be because we don't have to check whether somebody is trying to rob us all the time.
 
Plan M said:
Harsh. but true.
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Even the Tottenham riots were upwardly mobile moving to more prosperous parts of the city, Tottenham Hotspur on the other hand continue their Ray Wilkins inspired lateral movement.
 
Crustanoid said:
Can we change the title to 'Modric to United?' or at the very least 'Modric to Chelsea | Dreams of United nowadays'
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Was my original title for this thread btw.

Doesn't seem to be much 'made up' speculation around him though, so this one could run & run, ending, ultimately, in disappointment for all of us.

Something like this?

..................Carrick
Valencia.....Modric..........Nani
.....................Kagawa
................Rooney

Looks a bit more formidable?
 
Nate Dogg said:
Is Modric really worth it, doesn't score and i'm told his assist stat is slightly better than Downing's.

So rather get screwed by Levy for a good player why don't we invest the money on Martinez who is considerably better?
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The amount of key passes that he makes per game is the third highest in the Premier League, those assist stats might look a little different in a better team.

http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/25...erStatistics/England-Premier-League-2011-2012
 
Colin129 said:
Was my original title for this thread btw.

Doesn't seem to be much 'made up' speculation around him though, so this one could run & run, ending, ultimately, in disappointment for all of us.

Something like this?

..................Carrick
Valencia.....Modric..........Nani
.....................Kagawa
................Rooney

Looks a bit more formidable?
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Valencia out, Nani on the right and stick Young in IMO.
 
Colin129 said:
Was my original title for this thread btw.

Doesn't seem to be much 'made up' speculation around him though, so this one could run & run, ending, ultimately, in disappointment for all of us.

Something like this?

..................Carrick
Valencia.....Modric..........Nani
.....................Kagawa
................Rooney

Looks a bit more formidable?
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You be best suited to a 4-2-3-1 formation with such players, having Carrick so deep wouldn't suit him or Modric so it would be best for them to be beside one another with two wingers and a No.10 ahead of them.

Saying that I think Kagawa would completely unbalance you in that regard, it would be better to forget about him. Have Rooney in the No.10 role flanked by two wingers with Hernandez in front of him instead of bringing in somebody new who couldn't possibly be better than Rooney in that regard, forcing him to become a goal hanger rather than someone more creative.

As such next season if I were you this is how I would be setting up:

De Gea

Rafael Smalling Vidic New-LB

Carrick New-CM

Valencia Rooney Young

Hernandez​
 
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