The club is also to blame.
They should have inserted a 50 Million clause. I doubt Chelsea would have come around sniffing. Had they done so it would have been good business for Spurs.
Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid
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The club is also to blame.
They should have inserted a 50 Million clause. I doubt Chelsea would have come around sniffing. Had they done so it would have been good business for Spurs.
A lesson for Caftards.
Betting against Glaston is easy money.
Betting against Glaston is easy money.
I don't think Glaston's going to lose this one. Spurs will hold his feet to the fire.
Anyway if Spurs are so desperate to keep Modric give him what he wants financially. I'm sure he'll soon start kissing the badge.
I'm also hoping Glaston is right.
I don't know about Arsenal fans with your rivalry, but as a United fan I hope he stays at Spurs than move to Chelsea.
Doesn't matter to me if he stays at Spurs - they're still finishing 6th.
As far as Modric and Spurs are concerned, your comments don't hold water.
First of all, a Bosman situation doesn't remotely apply to Modric. Secondly, it's not a question of Spurs increasing (or not) Modric's wages, it's a question of Levy being determined to break so-called "player power" at Spurs - so that never again will a player at Spurs believe they can dictate to the club or leave whenever the fancy takes them. I believe that Levy is ready to show Modric, if necessary, that the club can do a lot more damage to him than Modric can do to the club.
Thirdly, If Spurs chose to bench Modric for the entire season, he would still have 4 years left on his contract and would still be saleable for a lot more money than we paid for him.
Far from Modric's remaining term contract being "worthless ... in the real world", it is a legally-binding contract containing a great deal of power. If Levy says "you stay" then there is feck all that Modric can do about it. At worst he can refuse to play, but then he'd not receive any wages and would languish at home watching football on TV whilst the world moves on without him.
Spurs are not so poverty-stricken that they need to sell or can't afford to write off a few millions in terms of what they could get for Modric now as compared to what they might get for Modric in a year from now. Nor is the club so poverty-stricken in terms of squad-depth that they couldn't, if push comes to shove, afford to bench Modric for as long as they want: Sandro and Huddlestone in CM would be far from terrible, even assuming no incoming CM signings this summer.
I'm sure Levy knows that the situation is damaging to Spurs whatever happens, But IMO he has concluded - rightly in my view - that the damage will be greater in the long-term if he sells now, with potentially endless future repeats of similar situations (as per Berbatov).
Modric is a fecking idiot for behaving in the way he has. He's chosen the wrong time and the wrong chairman to play silly buggers. It's up to him now: if he doesn't backdown gracefully and do his best at Spurs this season, then he'll get squashed. Either way, he won't be sold this summer.
Yeah, I think he ought to stay at Spurs to make a game of it. The league is biased enough and players are paid far too much as it is.
Thanks Sultan.
To set the record straight I also think Modric would sooner or later leave Spurs. In the end this is a story with no happy end. Both Chelsea and us are short of quality MFs and if Sneijder is worth 35m + 200k in wages then 35-40 mill + 100-120k in wages is cheap for Modric.
To be honest I don't see the point for Chelsea to mess around with a bid of 22m. Pointless and it will only cause trouble. Levy is no fool and he has economical power to be stubborn.
Offer 37-38 m and you have a negotiation.
Utter Asston's name and he appears. 
I'll be sure not to repeat that one in a hurry.
I'll be sure not to repeat that one in a hurry.
I couldn't believe so many people bought into what Levy was saying and thought it was over. It's as though they hadn't learnt from all the other sagas that we've witnessed over the years.
You really think Levy a business man will keep an unhappy player worth around 35 Million pound plus his wages to rot in the reserves?
Get real man!
I remember when they threatened Berbatov with the same thing. Theres no chance they would ever allow Modric to play in the reserves.
Spurs will leave Berbatov in reserves - Premier League, Football - The Independent
He won't be rotting in the reserves unless he refuse to play - and if he does refuse to play then the club won't be paying any wages.
As for the 35m, he can still be sold for that (and more) a year from now.
Sometimes the principle is the important thing.
Spurs don't play in the reserves anymore do they?
1) The article says: "Tottenham are willing to make Dimitar Berbatov play reserve-team football if they do not receive a suitable offer for the striker from Manchester United." But we DID receive a suitable offer.
2) There are no quotes in that article. Contrast that with the quotes from Levy this time around.
True.
Man Utd overpaid by about 50% for Berbatov, if you are offered £50M for Modric then you might take it.
I doubt if you have enough brain cells to repeat anything in a hurry.Utter Asston's name and he appears.
I'll be sure not to repeat that one in a hurry.
True. United asked Ronaldo to do the same, and I believe Arsenal did same with Fabregas. However, both these players never went around slagging the chairman. I can't for the life of me understand why fans would want to keep players who openly declare they want to be somewhere else.
Principles>money in the world of football.
If he half-asses it next season you wont see that kind of money
The funny thing is that great managers like Sir Alex and Arsené has build a dynasty of holding on to value's and principle's.
Can't see him staying.
When has a club ever kept a player who's been that publicly angry with his current club and said he would leave? Without it turning into a nightmare.
When has a club ever kept a player who's been that publicly angry with his current club and said he would leave? Without it turning into a nightmare.
No way. Modric sells for 35m or more in an year if he had a good season like last. If not then his value drops.
Despite of what Levy says, I do not think he will let a 35m asset stay unless he is sure that he will be productive. Our ploy to make Ronaldo stay for another season worked because he remained professional on pitch, helped us win another title and as a result his value did not drop. If he had instead sulked all year long, not performed, then no way Real would have paid as much for him and our decision to make him stay for one more year would have been terrible.
Now I am not saying Modric would not be as professional as Ron if he is forced to stay. But just IMO incase he does stay and sulk all year long, it would not serve any purpose. His value will go down.
Contrast the latest statement from Harry from a few weeks back.
"The lads head has been turned"
And selling players that didn't want to play for the club any more.
How the feck would it make sense for Spurs to keep a 35Mil asset on the bench?
They'll be far, far better off to spend that money on a good defender and decent striker.
They'll be far, far better off to spend that money on a good defender and decent striker.
You were lucky to recieve the £30 mill purely because City got took over and pushed the price up by around £8-£10 mill. I think the principle is still the same though. Modric claims that you'd look at offers for him and I think you will, there were never assurances that it would be done amicably.
From the perspective of a Spurs fan, would you even be happy to see an unhappy player stay?
He won't sit on the bench, he'll sensible up and realise that if he doesn't play well this season no one will want to buy him next year and the 'dream' will be over.
Got to consider the impact this hard stance will have on future purchases too, why would a top player want to come to Spurs if they're treated like shit after realising they want to leave?
There were a lot of rumours flying around the deal had already been negotiated with Madrid to take Ronaldo after spending one more season with United for 80 Million.
It's a fair point. Any player with any real ambition will see Spurs as a mere stepping stone to a top club.
Maybe, but then if he half-asses it then maybe he also won't get whatever "dream move" he wants, because the other club(s) in question might change their minds.
Playing the half-assed game cuts both ways. Spurs can absorb the damage more than Modric can if it comes to that.
I'm not buying that. If he stays, and doesn't play well all season, everyone will be saying how you can tell he's clearly not happy there etc. The whole world knows he wants to leave so they're not going to think he's suddenly turned shit.
Has a club EVER put a top player in the reserves for a year?
I mean, every year we hear one chairman or another threaten to put a player in the reserves for the year rather then sell him, but has it actually ever happened?..Its a nice idea in principle, show that no player is bigger then the club. But, in reality, all the power lies with the players these days. Sad, but true.
I mean, every year we hear one chairman or another threaten to put a player in the reserves for the year rather then sell him, but has it actually ever happened?..Its a nice idea in principle, show that no player is bigger then the club. But, in reality, all the power lies with the players these days. Sad, but true.
80m - Sorry Datura. Couldn't resist.
If Levy had spent the cash in the summer rather then panicking and trying to buy a striker in the January window they might not have been in this position with Modric in the first place.
The inspiring signing of a 50 year old keeper must really give Modric and Bale the confidence that Spurs will be challenging for the Champion's League again next season.