Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid

GlastonSpur said:
The agent can say what he likes. He's not the one who determines whether or not Modric will be sold.
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He'll also know whether the player is 100% happy to stay.

My two penneth, for what its worth - could be the case that Modric isnt really agitating for a move and would probably be happy to stay, but if the likes of Chelsea and United come calling and promise CL football and to double his wages he's surely got to be tempted? Also interesting that comments supposedly attributed to him are fairly neutral rather than dismissing a move outright.

Might not then be too hard for another club to convince him he wants to move. I doubt any club would keep a player who wanted out. They will of course make all the right noises to appease the fans and try to blame the player, while driving the price up.

He's not old but he's not that young either and this chance may not come again for him if he drags his feet.

I think you may be right in that Spurs will desperately want to keep him, but its a long summer and I dont think any Spurs fan can be 100% certain he'll be there come August, despite what the club are saying.
 
Siorac said:
They tried, remember those last-ditch bids for Rossi and Forlán (iirc)?

Spurs are at that difficult stage: they have money but it's hard to get quality players who would improve them - because now they have to compete with the biggest clubs and have to try and get players who are holding out for a move to one of the biggest clubs because they think they're good enough for that.
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If Spurs were serious about said players and were happy to bid buyout clauses they'd have done so earlier in the window when they had a some chance of getting a deal done.

Strong rumours at the time were that they were in for Carroll but wouldnt pay what Newcastle wanted - the bids being made (or rumoured) to highlight what sort of players that money could buy.
 
Blair said:
Requote me too.

Modric will move this summer to United or Chelsea. He's a big fish in a small pond.
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Add Arsenal to list.
 
According to SSN his agent has stated the player would be interested in talking to Chelsea.

It seems there's no doubt he'd be open to a move, it's all gunna come down to the fee.
 
I think we'll sign him and I think Berbatov will go the other way. Sticking my neck out here.
 
cw1984 said:
According to SSN his agent has stated the player would be interested in talking to Chelsea.

It seems there's no doubt he'd be open to a move, it's all gunna come down to the fee.
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Glaston will implode if he goes for less than £30m, so will the entire caf if he goes to Chelsea and we end up with no midfielder.
 
I presume unless he is an idiot that he realizes our midfield needs him a lot more than Chelseas does, which could sway him.
 
cina said:
I presume unless he is an idiot that he realizes our midfield needs him a lot more than Chelseas does, which could sway him.
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To be fair both midfields need him, Lampard is on his last legs and they play with a dozen midfielder in their line up anyway.
 
I would have liked to have seen publicised interest from us by now :(
 
GlastonSpur said:
Time will tell whether or not my comments are "ridiculous".

I recall getting the same load of criticism re. Berbatov for two summers running. But both times my assessment proved right about him NOT being sold (the first time around) and then - the 2nd time around - the minimum fee he would be sold for.
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I didn't mean to offend you and am sorry if I did. I certainly understand your point of view but to say 30m would buy only Modric's right foot seems unreasonable to say the least. That is a price he would/will go for, maybe a few more million tops, unless City start sniffing.
 
Harry Redknapp labels £22m fee for Luka Modric 'ridiculous'. Says Spurs star 'not for sale'
 
Drifter said:
Harry Redknapp labels £22m fee for Luka Modric 'ridiculous'. Says Spurs star 'not for sale'
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Classic 'Arry - no doubt if he were trying to pinch another teams top player he wouldn't value them so highly.

Not sure why he keeps opening his gob. Should let the club fend off any bids - unless he's trying to start an auction.
 
RedRover said:
Classic 'Arry - no doubt if he were trying to pinch another teams top player he wouldn't value them so highly.

Not sure why he keeps opening his gob. Should let the club fend off any bids - unless he's trying to start an auction.
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It's Harry Redknapp you're talking about. If there's a transfer to be talked about then he's more than happy to give the fawning media a soundbite
 
It's actually all quite entertaining.

And the longer various clubs waste their time over Modric, the more chances of them missing out on other, actually attainable targets and the more entertaining it will all become.

Carry on agent X .... your work is not yet done for this summer.
 
£22m is a fair price considering his age he will be 26 in September. Though he is good he is a few notches below Iniesta / Xavi and thus his price should reflect that.
 
I hope we don't bid for Modric because it means we have blowed probably £35m plus one one player and that players isn't world class. Yes he would be a good addition to the team but not at the prices quoted.
 
he'll leave for 30m+.

Roman is just sounding them out with that bid. Knowing spurs will rip him for all it's worth, it's far better for him to start the negotiation at 22m than 35m. Cuz spurs will be gunning for 15m on top of the initial offer either way.
 
Glastonspur, you should have worked out by now that you can make yourself look very stupid by being absolute in your positions.
 
cina said:
I presume unless he is an idiot that he realizes our midfield needs him a lot more than Chelseas does, which could sway him.
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Not really.

Chelsea midfield is in dire need of a creative player like Modric. Essien and Ramires are box-to-box who are better at defending than going forward and Mikel is a holding midfielder. Lampard is an underrated passer and can score plenty but he's not exactly a playmaker and he's already 33.

The closest thing we've got to Modric in midfield is probably Benayoun, but he's much older and not as good as Croatian. McEachran may turn out to be the creative force we need but he's too young and inexperienced at this stage of his development and shouldn't be put under so much pressure that early.
 
Team Brian GB said:
And how much is Fabregas worth may I ask?
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I am having a hard time figuring out what the market is at the moment.

Are Torres and Carroll aberrations from or indications of the current state of the market?
 
B9 said:
I am having a hard time figuring out what the market is at the moment.

Are Torres and Carroll aberrations from or indications of the current state of the market?
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You have to go back to Ronaldo two years ago as the trendsetter, however good he is, buying one of the greatest players in the world is not better for instance than buying a world class player, and two great players - hence prices have shifted up again in the last few years. Not to mention a big increase in television revenue.

I think the big January transfers are anomalies, despite his form Torres for £50 million is tolerable whilst £37.5 million for Carroll isn't which was unduly influenced by the former. Newcastle could see Chelsea were trying to tie up the sales of Torres on the other end and were able to seriously up the ante as a consequence which is a rare scenario to be in. Basically you were done over by Mike Ashley.
 
Wouldn't be surprised if 'Arry the muppet put a bid for Modric too.

Roman: "22 million for Modric"
Redknapp : "I bid 25 million. He's a t'riffic lad and a top top player"
Levy : "Er...Harry he's our player."
Redknapp : "Oh you are right Daniel. 27 million and that's my final offer."
 
alastair said:
It depends upon when we sell him. If we were to sell him this summer, I'd be looking for £50m. If we sell him with only two years left on his deal, it probably sinks to around £40m.
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Its doubtful that you'll get the true value for Fabregas when he eventually moves on, because he has removed any of the competition from the market. Barring the small chance that he'd move to Madrid one day if Barcelona keep dithering, there really is only going to be one club in the market for him. Every day you keep him will see his transfer fee diminish.

Modric could end up being sold for the same, or even more, than Fabregas due to the number of interested clubs. Personally I don't rate Modric as being any better than around £25m in todays market, but Spurs will probably end up with more.
 
B9 said:
I am having a hard time figuring out what the market is at the moment.

Are Torres and Carroll aberrations from or indications of the current state of the market?
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Both cases were daylight robbery imo.

You fleeced Chelsea, Torres 50million!! You did a cracking deal with that :lol:

But then Newcastle saw you coming a mile off and you forked out 35million on a player who is no more than a 15million target. He'll stay at the club for a long time, but is he worth that amount of money? feck no.

I think Newcastles argument would have been that they may get relegated if they sold him and so a large amount of money would be compensation incase that did occur.
 
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