Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid

Plechazunga said:
When did Sandro suddenly become this great player? Was it when he scored that swerver against Chelsea?
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I'm not saying he's become a great player - I'll wait to see what happens this season before getting too excited.

But I am saying that so far he looks to have a genuine shot at becoming a great player,

He joined following a very long season for him in South America, due the Copa Liberadores (his team lifted the trophy), which didn't finish until 18th August. So understandably he didn't play too many games for Spurs until the 2nd half of the season. But when when he did start to get his playing chances, he took them well ... in some cases his performances were outstanding.

22 years old, ex-captain of the Brazilian U-21 team and now with 5 senior Brazilian caps. Yes, he could become a real star. Time will tell.
 
antihenry said:
My point is, your squad isn't good enough as it is. You barely made it into the fourth spot in 09/10 but the season after the reality finally set in.

Best players don't consider Spurs a top club and your "one & out" flash in a pan CL stint did nothing to disprove that point of view. Who cares if you don't need the money when you're not good enough to attract real quality anyway?...
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No, your attempted point was that under Harry Spurs have signed only "shit", "flea-market" players. But now that I've mentioned VdV, Sandro, Walker etc you're trying to shift your ground.

And if Spurs are not "good enough to attract real quality anyway", then how come you are desperate for Modric? And how come players like Bale and VdV play for us?

I say again, your problem is that you equate only mega-bucks with "real quality". Typical sugar-daddy think.
 
GlastonSpur said:
No, your attempted point was that under Harry Spurs have signed only "shit", "flea-market" players. But now that I've mentioned VdV, Sandro, Walker etc you're trying to shift your ground.

And if Spurs are not "good enough to attract real quality anyway", then how come you are desperate for Modric? And how come players like Bale and VdV play for us?

I say again, your problem is that you equate only mega-bucks with "real quality". Typical sugar-daddy think.
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modric,bale and sandro were not those high quality players at the time you got them, they have become so recently

VdV also was not (and its still only been a season for him to be passing judgements so early) a high quality player as such
 
jatin said:
modric,bale and sandro were not those high quality players at the time you got them, they have become so recently

VdV also was not (and its still only been a season for him to be passing judgements so early) a high quality player as such
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Oh come on. Van der Vaart had it rough in Madrid, no doubt, but saying that he wasn't a high quality player is ludicrous.

I agree that Spurs will find it very difficult to attract the players who could take them to the next level though.
 
jatin said:
modric,bale and sandro were not those high quality players at the time you got them, they have become so recently

VdV also was not (and its still only been a season for him to be passing judgements so early) a high quality player as such
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Modric was a high quality player before he signed for Spurs - his performances at international level showed that, quite apart from anything else.

As for the notion that VdV still needs to prove his quality :lol:
 
GlastonSpur said:
No, your attempted point was that under Harry Spurs have signed only "shit", "flea-market" players. But now that I've mentioned VdV, Sandro, Walker etc you're trying to shift your ground.

And if Spurs are not "good enough to attract real quality anyway", then how come you are desperate for Modric? And how come players like Bale and VdV play for us?

I say again, your problem is that you equate only mega-bucks with "real quality". Typical sugar-daddy think.
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Glaston, you have an annoying habit of making up horseshit and mentioning it as someone else's quote.

I never said Harry or Spurs signed only shit. Obviously you have a good team with some quality players. My point is, as good as you are, there are at least four other teams that have better squads than yours and Liverpool will probably rebound strongly, too. Spurs are not strong enough to finish in the top four consistently, in fact you only managed it once. These are cold hard facts. Unless you pull off some phenomenal transfer deals this summer and turn your inconsistent bunch into a contender you are very likely to finish outside of the CL qualification again.

Also, the players you mentioned - they are nothing to write home about, apart from possibly VDV who's quality but not world class, by the way. Why you keep bringing these names up, I don't know. You want to see something that matters, check out the league standings.

Modric and Bale weren't considered top quality when they joined you. That's why you got them. Whenever you tried to sign a top class performer like Eto'o or Aguero, you got laughed at.
 
Siorac said:
Oh come on. Van der Vaart had it rough in Madrid, no doubt, but saying that he wasn't a high quality player is ludicrous.

I agree that Spurs will find it very difficult to attract the players who could take them to the next level though.
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So you would put VdV in the same bracket as sneijder, fabregas et all?

Even in this past season he was blatantly inconsistent, he had a good season, but that doesn't make him that top quality player glastonspaz is indicating, christ by this standard hernandez should be in the rooney bracket ehhh since he had a storming first season
 
GlastonSpur said:
Modric was a high quality player before he signed for Spurs - his performances at international level showed that, quite apart from anything else.

As for the notion that VdV still needs to prove his quality :lol:
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Modric was good player, but unproven and not exactly in the "high quality bracket:, a notch below it

Now it is a different case though
regarding vdv, what exactly was so spectacular about his first season
 
antihenry said:
Glaston, you have an annoying habit of making up horseshit and mentioning it as someone else's quote.

I never said Harry or Spurs signed only shit. Obviously you have a good team with some quality players. My point is, as good as you are, there are at least four other teams that have better squads than yours and Liverpool will probably rebound strongly, too. Spurs are not strong enough to finish in the top four consistently, in fact you only managed it once. These are cold hard facts. Unless you pull off some phenomenal transfer deals this summer and turn your inconsistent bunch into a contender you are very likely to finish outside of the CL qualification.

Also, the players you mentioned - they are nothing to write home about, apart from possibly VDV who's quality but not world class, by the way. Why do you keep bringing these names up, I don't know. You want to see something that matters, check out the league standings.

Modric and Bale weren't considered top quality when they joined you. That's why you got them. Whenever you tried to sign a top class performer like Eto'o or Aguero, you got laughed at.
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Your description of Harry's signings was: "flea market ... let's buy shit in bulk" ... so stop trying to wriggle out of it.

As for "unless you pull off some phenomenal transfer deals this summer ... you are very likely to finish outside of the CL qualification" ... that's a matter of opinion.

How do you know that Arsenal are not going to lose Fabregas? How do you know that Chelsea'a ageing squad is not going to decline next season? How do you know that Torres won't continue to flop? How do you know that Spurs won't continue to make signings that aren't regarded as mega-bucks "phenomenal" by you at the time, yet prove, just as with Modric, VdV and Bale, to be excellent? How do you know that Sandro won't become the best DM in the Prem next season?

Your sugar-daddy, mega-bucks attitude fits well with your complacency. Liverpool were just as complacent not too long ago.
 
jatin said:
So you would put VdV in the same bracket as sneijder, fabregas et all?

Even in this past season he was blatantly inconsistent, he had a good season, but that doesn't make him that top quality player glastonspaz is indicating, christ by this standard hernandez should be in the rooney bracket ehhh since he had a storming first season
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You said "VdV wasn't a high quality player". There was nothing about being the Sneijder or Fabregas bracket. Not only Sneijder, Fabregas or Xavi are high quality players.

Hernández is a good example: he's a high quality striker even though he's not quite at the level of Rooney.
 
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Siorac said:
You said "VdV wasn't a high quality player". There was nothing about being the Sneijder or Fabregas bracket. Not only Sneijder, Fabregas or Xavi are high quality players.

Hernández is a good example: he's a high quality striker even though he's not quite at the level of Rooney.
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So now One season decides the quality of a player? One season?

right
 
GlastonSpur said:
Your description of Harry's signings was: "flea market ... let's buy shit in bulk" ... so stop trying to wriggle out of it.

As for "unless you pull off some phenomenal transfer deals this summer ... you are very likely to finish outside of the CL qualification" ... that's a matter of opinion.

How do you know that Arsenal are not going to lose Fabregas? How do you know that Chelsea'a ageing squad is not going to decline next season? How do you know that Torres won't continue to flop? How do you know that Spurs won't continue to make signings that aren't regarded as mega-bucks "phenomenal" by you at the time, yet prove, just as with Modric, VdV and Bale, to be excellent? How do you know that Sandro won't become the best DM in the Prem next season?

Your sugar-daddy, mega-bucks attitude fits well with your complacency. Liverpool were just as complacent not too long ago.
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So you're betting on Spurs getting everything right and everybody else getting worse? You're living in a dream world. In your best season, with everything going your way you barely made it to the fourth place. Spurs have to get a whole lot better and a whole lot stronger to take it to the next level because your current competition has more quality, depth and experience in winning.

I'm not complacent, I know Chelsea need to get younger and improve the squad. But I believe that we're still a far surer bet to finish in the top four or win a trophy next season than Spurs are.
 
jatin said:
So now One season decides the quality of a player? One season?

right
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Oh for the love of God, what the feck are you talking about? Was it Van der Vaart's first professional season or what?

There IS football outside England. I hate to break it to you like this but it's true.
 
Siorac said:
Oh for the love of God, what the feck are you talking about? Was it Van der Vaart's first professional season or what?

There IS football outside England. I hate to break it to you like this but it's true.
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Yeah and that highest quality regular football (week in week out) he played was at Hamburg...at madrid he wasn't playing regularly

Its clear who is the feckin idiot here...besides
Kezman, Afonso alves and Huntelaar scored bucket loads in Holland (you know football outside england), clearly people have seen what happened to them when they were in a better side

So these guys are also high quality players ehhh...nitwit
 
antihenry said:
So you're betting on Spurs getting everything right and everybody else getting worse? You're living in a dream world. In your best season, with everything going your way you barely made it to the fourth place. You have to get a whole lot better and a whole lot stronger to take it to the next level because your current competition has more quality, depth and experience in winning.

I'm not complacent, I know Chelsea need to get younger and improve the squad. But I believe that we're still a far surer bet to finish in the top four or win a trophy next season than Spurs are.
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I'm not betting on anything right now except for Modric staying at Spurs this summer. As for the rest, I prefer to wait until the transfer window has closed before making any predictions.

You, however, seem to to be already pretty sure that Spurs won't improve more than any of the other top 4 contenders and that none of these contenders - especially not Chelsea - will decline.

Maybe that's because, in your view, Harry will sign yet more "flea market" and "shit" players. And besides, players like Walker, Sandro, Bale, Modric and Kaboul have no chance of improving further,

If I were you I'd get down to the bookies quick ... then you can chip into the Modric-bid funds with your winnings.
 
There are lots of rumors on Luka Modric. and by tomorrow there wil be a final announcement to all the rumors based on luka modric.

"EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham accepted a £35m offer from Manchester United for Luka Modric. Player to undergo Medical on Thursday. Luka Modric subjected to Medical tomorrow noon. Expected to sign tomorrow night. Manchester United to unveil him by 3rd July. #MUFC "

The above mentioned rumor will be known whether it is a rumor or the bid is real. tomorrow night by the same time now we can announce the final critic. just stay tuned for more news on Luka Modric.


Via: Some bloke on Fb, not credible I know but just thought of sharing it.
 
No amount of praying I do will make Modric a Man Utd player next season :(
 
Well he gives you the choice to believe him or not.Think i'll go for the latter.
 
Drifter said:
Well he gives you the choice to believe him or not.Think i'll go for the latter.
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These type of fecks do my napper in. Whats the point trying to convince folk on these mediums & then be proved a liar? The likes of Facebook / Twitter etc are long-term social networks for most folk, so comin across as being a bullshitter doesnt do him any favours whatsover. feckin gee-bag :mad:
 
Modric, rodwell, young, jones all proven premier league players. And de gea. Loving it.
 
£35 million is only slightly over the top, would be okay really. But I dont think our bid exists which might throw a spanner in the works
 
Perhaps Modric prefers Liverpool's Historical Fiction.
 
Modric not motivated by money

Tottenham midfielder Rafael van der Vaart believes Luka Modric's desire to leave White Hart Lane is not down to financial reasons.

The 25-year-old Croatia playmaker last month stunned Spurs supporters by declaring he wants to leave - with Chelsea and Manchester United both linked with the schemer.

The north London club have rejected a £22million bid for Modric, with chairman Daniel Levy saying the player is not for sale.

However, Holland international Van der Vaart said on Sky Sports News: "If someone wants to leave it's difficult to keep them. When a player is unhappy it's not a good thing.

"Luka and (Gareth) Bale don't play for money - they play to win something. If they have to go to another club it's their decision.

"But I hope they stay because they are fantastic and really important for the club."

Van der Vaart was speaking on the day Spurs players returned for pre-season training, seeking to make up for the disappointment of missing out on Champions League football in the forthcoming campaign.

The 28-year-old added: "Drop too many points and you don't deserve to be in the Champions League. So next season we are going to focus on the Europa League.

"As a player you want to improve every year but the important thing is to help the team. If we stay together we have a good squad."

One player who has arrived at White Hart Lane is Brad Friedel - the 40-year-old former Aston Villa and Blackburn goalkeeper having signed a two-year deal last month.

He joins Heurelho Gomes and Carlo Cudicini on Spurs' books, and Van der Vaart said: "I had a chat with him (Friedel) and he's a really nice guy.

"I think he's going to help us. We now have three fantastic goalkeepers."
 
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