Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid

From 'Click Manchester' (probably rubbish, but still...):

'However, it is understood that Spurs are not prepared to do any deal with their London rivals.

This leaves the way clear for Manchester United and Manchester City to battle it out.'
 
Anything north of £35 million is somewhat excessive, I would much rather go in for Sneijder if bidding were to reach that figure.
 
Team Brian GB said:
Anything north of £35 million is somewhat excessive, I would much rather go in for Sneijder if bidding were to reach that figure.
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Sneijder would have probably have lesser longetivity, be on much higher wages and would take atleast some time to get adjusted to the league.
 
MDFC Manager said:
Sneijder would have probably have lesser longetivity, be on much higher wages and would take atleast some time to get adjusted to the league.
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Sneijder is only two years older, is proven at the very highest level and is also a very good goalscorer. Chelsea has to look at this from the perspective that in the very near future it will be losing Frank Lampard and his 20 goals a season, replacing him with Modric means we will lose the spread of goals through the strikers and the midfield.
 
To be fair, fair play to Glaston for sticking up for his club and putting his money where his mouth is. It's a very good time to be a Spurs fan. Would much rather he supported my team than some of the negative bellends you see complaining about Uniteds squad.
 
Team Brian GB said:
Sneijder is only two years older, is proven at the very highest level and is also a very good goalscorer. Chelsea has to look at this from the perspective that in the very near future it will be losing Frank Lampard and his 20 goals a season, replacing him with Modric means we will lose the spread of goals through the strikers and the midfield.
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Ah well you can have Sneijder. I'm a Modric fan :cool:
 
Team Brian GB said:
Sneijder is only two years older, is proven at the very highest level and is also a very good goalscorer. Chelsea has to look at this from the perspective that in the very near future it will be losing Frank Lampard and his 20 goals a season, replacing him with Modric means we will lose the spread of goals through the strikers and the midfield.
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It's great to have a 20 goal scorer from CM but, would be a big mistake to try and replicate what Lampard has given Chelsea for the last several years. SAF and fans alike at United have lamented at the lack of not having a player as productive as Scholes was from CM but, IMO these are one off players and teams are better of looking for players that give you better balance than trying to say well lets just replace Scholes with another 15 goals a season CM.

What's better if the team is scoring 100 goals a season of which majority is 3-4 players instead or that it's it's more evenly spread through 8-10 players. Personally I think it's better to have it spread around as aren't relying on just a handful to provide goals. If a player like Modric is helping create more chances for others (and they don't have to be direct chances) then it doesn't matter if he isn't giving you individually 15 goals a season. Not saying it wouldn't be welcome to have another big goal threat, especially from CM but, it's not a must when it means instead you are getting a player of Modric's ability.
 
Twigginater said:
To be fair, fair play to Glaston for sticking up for his club and putting his money where his mouth is. It's a very good time to be a Spurs fan. Would much rather he supported my team than some of the negative bellends you see complaining about Uniteds squad.
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There's a middle ground between sticking up for your club and spouting the nonsesne he is.
 
Spurs just want a bidding war. If it goes north of £35m or whatever then put in a bid for cesc.

Modric is good but some on here think he is the next coming.

Spend it on youth. I'd rather splash £20m on ganso then £40m on Modric. At least with Ganso if it doesnt work out we could still sell him on as Modric is 26 soon he won't have much reslae value if things dont work out.
 
I think the outcome will be that he will stay at Tottenham with the understanding that he will be allowed to move next summer.

Unless Chelsea come up with a Torres-esque offer. In any case I feel we are out of the running.
 
AdZzUtd said:
You do realise virtually everyone at the club is speaking about Modric as if he's an item in a shop window?

If United wanted Modric this summer we could buy him, whether or not he fancies us, or Chelsea, or whoever I don't know.

Your club is whoring him out all over the show at the minute, as of right now, for the right price, he's anyones.
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Where you get this nonsense from is anyone's guess. Both Levy and Redknapp have said that he isn't for sale and won't be sold. Their comments are are in the public domain, so I suggest you go read them.

Of course that won't stop fantasists like you bizarrely translating their comments into the "club is whoring him out all over the show".

You say: "If United wanted Modric this summer we could buy him". However, it takes two to tango .... and sadly for you it leaves Fergie standing alone and folorn on the dance floor, because Levy has binned his patent leather ballroom pumps and gone down the pub instead.
 
You are being a little naive. If United really want him they will unsettle the player and nothing Spurs do will prevent him leaving. All they would be left with is playing hard ball for more money.
 
acnumber9 said:
.... it'll be a very long time before any Tottenham player is beyond the reach of Manchester United. ...
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Oooh, big bad Man. Utd is in town ... lock up your daughters :lol:

However ... you'll only have to wait until the window closes in August to discover the truth of your delusion. That's not such a "very long time" to sit tight for - is it?
 
GlastonSpur said:
Oooh, big bad Man. Utd is in town ... lock up your daughters :lol:

However ... you'll only have to wait until the window closes in August to discover the truth of your delusion. That's not such a "very long time" to sit tight for - is it?
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Whys that quote laughable? United are a bigger, more glamorous and overall much more successful club than Spurs. Given the choice any player with any sort of ambition would want to play for United over Spurs. It's hardly us being snobby it's just the way it is.
 
amolbhatia100 said:
Link?

I posted this in the Sanchez thread but I'm not sure Modric is worth the fees being quoted. I think he's a class player and I've always been an admirer of his talents. When I first saw him for Croatia I thought he was going to be a world beater. Personally I think while he's quite clearly a quality player I have doubts over his ability to be ruthless and take control of games, as well as how much end product his game has. He has undeniable quality on the ball. But I'm not sure he has the fight and drive of a 35 million pound player and I think he doesn't do himself justice in his end product.
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He was SAF's player of the season is what he was trying to imply... Quotes can be found in our official website.

And also for me, I won't really have a go with his end product as long as he keeps the team ticking...

Its the same for Scholesy, I'd never use stats to judge how good a player is.
 
I'm standing on my word, the only way to get Modric is if he himself wants the move...

At 70k a week, he'll demand 120k ++ if he were to move and I'm pretty sure Modric currently is happy as a first choice player for the Spuds... And will love the continuity he is getting so to me, only the player himself has to decide whether he wants CL football, risk not being a first team player or if he wants to continue to build the goods like he already is.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Oooh, big bad Man. Utd is in town ... lock up your daughters :lol:

However ... you'll only have to wait until the window closes in August to discover the truth of your delusion. That's not such a "very long time" to sit tight for - is it?
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You really are hard work. Modric staying this season isn't proof he is beyond our reach. Unless of course Modric only has one season left in him. If Utd want him bad enough they will eventually get him, just like any of your other players that have taken our fancy in the recent past. Spurs will probably continue to bid for the likes of Phil Neville.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Where you get this nonsense from is anyone's guess. Both Levy and Redknapp have said that he isn't for sale and won't be sold. Their comments are are in the public domain, so I suggest you go read them.

Of course that won't stop fantasists like you bizarrely translating their comments into the "club is whoring him out all over the show".

You say: "If United wanted Modric this summer we could buy him". However, it takes two to tango .... and sadly for you it leaves Fergie standing alone and folorn on the dance floor, because Levy has binned his patent leather ballroom pumps and gone down the pub instead.
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Well, I suppose you may be totally ignorant of various comments made and subsquently televised from Redknapp's own mouth. Saying someone isn't for sale, in the same breath as saying "he's worth far more than 20 million" is actually saying, "he is for sale" but "we want more money than has been offered." You can paint it anyway you like, but every manager and chairman says a player isn't for sale - the fact of the matter is, as stated by Modric's agent if the price was right, Modric himself would leave.

Fantasists? Actually, the only fantasy here is one in which Ferguson is dancing around, I'm a realist, in this market every player has a price, especially one where your club keeps commenting how good he is and how much he's worth. Which means one thing and one thing only.

I suppose, however, you're incredibly blinkered and or imposing a ban of common sense from yourself, perhaps both. Probably both.
 
:lol: This is quite funny considering he's absolutely for sale.
 
mjs020294 said:
You are being a little naive. If United really want him they will unsettle the player and nothing Spurs do will prevent him leaving. All they would be left with is playing hard ball for more money.
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It's kind of hard to "unsettle" a player who is happy at Spurs and signed a 6 year contract to prove it. Regardless of what Modric would choose IF he were a free agent, the fact is that he isn't a free agent and it's very very unlikely that's he's going to cut up rough at the prospect of staying for at least another year.

You are all absolutely barking mad if you truly believe that Levy is going to sell him just 1 year into that contract and when he's THE key player at Spurs.

Of course money talks, but Man. Utd don't have the amounts of cash that shout loudly enough to penetrate Levy's deaf ears ... not when you've already committed substantial amounts elsewhere this summer already.
 
GlastonSpur said:
It's kind of hard to "unsettle" a player who is happy at Spurs and signed a 6 year contract to prove it. Regardless of what Modric would choose IF he were a free agent, the fact is that he isn't a free agent and it's very very unlikely that's he's going to cut up rough at the prospect of staying for at least another year.

You are all absolutely barking mad if you truly believe that Levy is going to sell him just 1 year into that contract and when he's THE key player at Spurs.

Of course money talks, but Man. Utd don't have the amounts of cash that shout loudly enough to penetrate Levy's deaf ears ... not when you've already committed substantial amounts elsewhere this summer already.
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Of course they do, they also have the history and prestige to tempt any player in the world.
 
GlastonSpur said:
It's kind of hard to "unsettle" a player who is happy at Spurs and signed a 6 year contract to prove it. Regardless of what Modric would choose IF he were a free agent, the fact is that he isn't a free agent and it's very very unlikely that's he's going to cut up rough at the prospect of staying for at least another year.

You are all absolutely barking mad if you truly believe that Levy is going to sell him just 1 year into that contract and when he's THE key player at Spurs.

Of course money talks, but Man. Utd don't have the amounts of cash that shout loudly enough to penetrate Levy's deaf ears ... not when you've already committed substantial amounts elsewhere this summer already.
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Players sign long deals as a thanks to the club so they can drive a hard bargain, like Ronaldo did. Your points don't prove shit frankly.

Whether or not we have the money, who knows, how you would know is beyond me too. Basically, the point is, no matter where he goes to, still mean he's gone.

Still means your wrong.

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GlastonSpur said:
It's kind of hard to "unsettle" a player who is happy at Spurs and signed a 6 year contract to prove it. Regardless of what Modric would choose IF he were a free agent, the fact is that he isn't a free agent and it's very very unlikely that's he's going to cut up rough at the prospect of staying for at least another year.

You are all absolutely barking mad if you truly believe that Levy is going to sell him just 1 year into that contract and when he's THE key player at Spurs.

Of course money talks, but Man. Utd don't have the amounts of cash that shout loudly enough to penetrate Levy's deaf ears ... not when you've already committed substantial amounts elsewhere this summer already.
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You talk as if you had loads of insight in our accounts. Mind sharing the details?
 
Why is the thread title still "Agent: Modric Staying"? Plenty of developments in this saga since those comments.
 
GlastonSpur said:
The focus of this thread - and my comments in it - is THIS summer.
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So he's not that unattainable? My comments in this thread are that no Tottenham player is beyond the reach of Manchester United. Whether it's this year or next, if Utd really want him and he doesn't go elsewhere, he will become a Utd. The two clubs recent history show that. Your comments were pretty final. I would suggest you word your posts better.
 
One thing we can all rest easy on is with or without Modric, Manchester United will finish above Tottenham next season.
 
AdZzUtd said:
Well, I suppose you may be totally ignorant of various comments made and subsquently televised from Redknapp's own mouth. Saying someone isn't for sale, in the same breath as saying "he's worth far more than 20 million" is actually saying, "he is for sale" but "we want more money than has been offered." ...
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First, it's Levy who decides, not Redknapp, and Levy has publicly said - in the most prominent way imaginable - that Modric won't be sold. He won't back-track from that unless so much money is offered it would make your eyes water and thus hope to placate an angry fan-base with a stupendously large transfer war-chest.

Want to offer 50m? Then Levy might accept that as the starting point for negotiation - or then again he might not.

Second, Harry has also said that Modric is not for sale. The fact that he loves to talk about every player under the sun, compare prices and generally be a motor-mouth means diddly-squat. Harry is just being Harry - I wouldn't get too excited if I were you.
 
GlastonSpur said:
It's kind of hard to "unsettle" a player who is happy at Spurs and signed a 6 year contract to prove it. Regardless of what Modric would choose IF he were a free agent, the fact is that he isn't a free agent and it's very very unlikely that's he's going to cut up rough at the prospect of staying for at least another year.

You are all absolutely barking mad if you truly believe that Levy is going to sell him just 1 year into that contract and when he's THE key player at Spurs.

Of course money talks, but Man. Utd don't have the amounts of cash that shout loudly enough to penetrate Levy's deaf ears ... not when you've already committed substantial amounts elsewhere this summer already.
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Glaston I don't have an issue with you, I find you mildly amusing and sometimes believe you are Peterstoreys slightly less annoying alter ego.

However if you believe that Modric right at this minute is not unsettled or thinking about champions league football with United or Chelsea then you are very obviously delusional.

Similar comments and conversations were made with Berbatov and I am sure Carrick before him. Regardless of what you say or think Levy or Redknapp believe Modric is a legitimate target for two bigger richer clubs who can offer him better chances of winning trophies and fulfilling ambitions.

I will be very surprised if Modric is indeed at WHL in August!
 
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