One of the most consistent players in the PL over the last few years, as close to Scholes in style as there is in my view, in the PL at least, and would get into any PL side.
Can't see any issue personally.
Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid
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One of the most consistent players in the PL over the last few years, as close to Scholes in style as there is in my view, in the PL at least, and would get into any PL side.
Can't see any issue personally.
Tbh I think the problems at full back would be greatly helped by having another defensively strong midfielder with Carrick in tougher games. Part of the problem is that because aside from Carrick none of our other midfielders can really help out that much defensively- Scholes doesn't have the legs, clev and ando don't really know what they're doing, it means we don't press teams attacking us as much as we should. There's no doubt that some of the areas are individual mistakes but some of them are a result of insufficient cover from the midfield either in pressing the other team or tracking runners.
If Levy got 6 million for Kranjcar then you're going to pay through the nose for Modric. Then again, you love giving sp*rs shedloads of cash.
With Rafael/Jones and Smalling we're sorted for the next 6 years at least. I also learnt that opposition fans are idiots. Thats why they're opposition fans
Yeah, ask opposition fans about Carrick, Nani etc and most don't rate them. Rafael has some stuff to learn but he's an excellent prospect who just needs consistent game time and as I said I think adding another proper midfielder will aid him and Evra in tougher games.
Long before six years have passed Rafael will be playing for a midtable la Liga club.
How thick is Modric signing that long term contract!? It's cost him a few million this year alone!
Spurs will be mad not to sell him this season. It would be a silly, silly decision. His value will fall as he co tiniest his half arsed performances.
Spurs will be mad not to sell him this season. It would be a silly, silly decision. His value will fall as he co tiniest his half arsed performances.
At least he wont be at Man city like half you team.
Clichy,Nasri,Toure,Adebayor,RVP etc
Yep and if we sold Carrick or Nani for example the same opposition fans would go on about them being a big loss to us.
I don't see RvP at City and you'd probably be quite happy to have got £76M off City for Fabio, Park, Gibson and Berbatov.
No. But he will be dismantling Arsenal for fun.
What? He is young and rash but also highly talented, a little like a certain French leftback who made the move from arsenal to join a bigger club. Arsenal should know better than anyone else that young players take time to progress,
RVP is a going to leave. Get use to it.
Arsenal are a small club who sells their best players. Cant see I blame RVP for wanting to leave. Arsenal aint going anywhere.
I said this last year but I don't understand the issue over fees? The different between (for example) paying £25 and £30 million is negligible if he's the right player.
There's a limited number of targets out there, and as a proven PL player of a number of seasons, I think he's one of the best.
I can't see that the extra money spent could be better spent elsewhere - a central midfielder should be the priority. It's the only place we're light in my view.
Nasri has gone from being better than Nani to comparisons with Park, it's funny what happens to Arsenal fans views on players when they leave.Clichy's a flake in big games, he mostly got away with it last season except away at Chelsea where he was kippered by Sturridge for the first goal and stupidly got sent off and cost them 3pts, which might well have cost them the league.
Well Nasri played like Park for most of last season. It's the curse of Wenger (even Cesc wasn't that great).
The curse of Wenger is also that they win titles elsewhere.
None of them contributed much - some nothing whatsoever.
I agree.
I suppose its occured to your goodselves that Modric has a clause in his contract regarding non qualification to the CL perhaps?
I would go do far as to suggest that the very same (over a period of say two years) would automatically trigger a buy out. Just a thought.
I would go do far as to suggest that the very same (over a period of say two years) would automatically trigger a buy out. Just a thought.
It'd be a foolish sp*rs chairman who agreed to that. Perennial optimists that lot.
He signed the six year contract in 2010 long before the Chelsea headhunt start -- why would he put in that clause? And more importantly, why would Spurs agree to putting in any such clause?
Didn't he sign a renewed contract after Chelsea come in for him?
Just had a quick surf and it looks like he's still on the 6 year contract he signed in 2010.
So basically Spurs can demand top wack for him.
Yep, I'm still looking to back up what I said. I must have imagined it for some reason.
If Levy gets 6m for Niko, he'll get atleast 5 times that for Modric with 4 more years on his contract.
Must admit I thought the same. Seem to remember it. But can't find anything.
Only thing I have found is this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...t-new-Tottenham-contract-worth-100k-week.html
That will be where I've seen it as I'm always on that site.
Well Clichy was their first choice left back and Nasri did well in the last few months.
Daniel Levy is afforded some status as an untouchable genius around here. The man's bartering for a few extra million for Carrick and Berbatov may seem impressive until you consider the fact it left them unable to sufficiently replace them and in turn set back their chances of Champions League status.
Exactly. Due to his stubbornness, they had Frazier Campbell as Berbs replacement.
And looking back, Carrick is a bargain for £17m.
Not really.
At that time it seems too much.
And depends on how you look at it, if a player spends so many years at the club then of course it is a bargain because of his contributions.
So? According to you it was not a bargain then but now it is?
Would it have been better to spend less on a player who wouldn't achieve as much? A bargain is about getting good value for money. I'd say we most definitely did.
Carrick wasn't a bargain for £17m. He's been a very good player overall for us, but if he was a bargain at that price then he'd sell for a lot more than that if he left now considering he's still in his prime. That's not the case though, is it?