Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid

Modric would be a fantastic player for us. He is like a more experienced, better, less injury prone Cleverley (and I rate Cleverley) who can play in a 2-man midfield alongside Carrick, a more advanced role in a 3-man midfield or can play out wide. That versatility is ideal for us although I would see him primarily as a central midfielder.

I rate Modric higher than most on the caf it seems, I would be happy for us to pay £30 for him. The only semi-realistic signing I would rate above Modric now would be Martinez.


Also if the unthinkable happens and we do sign Modric, it will be a LOT of fun to return to the thread. The amount of people on the caf who are under rating this guy is ridiculous.
 
Added to all that - he has proved to be one of the best midfielders in the PL. Even when we bought a world class midfielder in Veron for silly money, we couldn't guarantee he would do it in the prem, and ultimately he didn't. No brainer for me
 
I would love him here but it still doesn't really address the issue of cover for Carrick. If he gets injured the only defensively minded CM we'll have in the squad would be Fletcher who is not exactly reliable at the moment.

He would be a great partner for Carrick, and is one of those rare midfielders who can be creative from a proper central midfield position and hold his own defensively. I still wouldn't fancy him being partnered by just Cleverley, Anderson or Scholes though.
 
There appears to be no love for this guy...is it because we've burnt in the past by our transfer targets i.e. Hazard, Sanchez and we've now lowered our expectations or simply we don't think he is good enough?
 
Nate Dogg said:
There appears to be no love for this guy...is it because we've burnt in the past by our transfer targets i.e. Hazard, Sanchez and we've now lowered our expectations or simply we don't think he is good enough?
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He's just decent that why and not exactly what we need. He'd cost a fortune too with that cnut Levy raping us for every penny. He's no defensive and his offensive stats are pretty mediocre.

Meh
 
GledTheRed said:
He's just decent that why and not exactly what we need. He'd cost a fortune too with that cnut Levy raping us for every penny. He's no defensive and his offensive stats are pretty mediocre.

Meh
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Modric is not just decent. He's a fantastic midfielder, one of the finest midfielders in the EPL.
 
£30m transfer fee, £120-150k/week in wages (over four of five years) - that'd be an investment of approx. £60m. I certainly do not want us to spend THAT much on a good, but not exceptional player/midfielder. I can't really say I've ever been THAT impressed by his performances as the majority of the caf (it seems). Spurs will laugh all the way to the bank again if we overspend on one of their players again. GlenTheRed is pretty much spot on IMO.
 
Anduin said:
£30m transfer fee, £120-150k/week in wages (over four of five years) - that'd be an investment of approx. £60m. I certainly do not want us to spend THAT much on a good, but not exceptional player/midfielder. I can't really say I've ever been THAT impressed by his performances as the majority of the caf (it seems). Spurs will laugh all the way to the bank again if we overspend on one of their players again. GlenTheRed is pretty much spot on IMO.
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Both salary and fee is the average paid for any estabilished midfielder. You'll probably pay more if the big boys would want them.
 
Aint gota Kalou said:
I would love him here but it still doesn't really address the issue of cover for Carrick. If he gets injured the only defensively minded CM we'll have in the squad would be Fletcher who is not exactly reliable at the moment.

He would be a great partner for Carrick, and is one of those rare midfielders who can be creative from a proper central midfield position and hold his own defensively. I still wouldn't fancy him being partnered by just Cleverley, Anderson or Scholes though.
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Agree totally. He's a very good player but if getting him stops us from getting cover for Carrick, i wouldnt want him. Really think that after adding Kagawa to our offensive options, we can do without a Modric but what we really need is someone who can cover for Carrick and play alongside him.
 
devilish said:
We're still going to pay 120-150k a week to any estabilished midfielder there is (probably more then that) while the fee is also market value.
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Not really. I'd rather sign someone in the Sahin mould, e.g. for £10-20m, but on wages that are probably somewhere in between £60-80k a week (and a few years younger than Modric as well). In fact I do not really understand why we don't seem inquire about Sahin, he has tremendous potential and might be leaving the Bernabeu in the summer (though admittedly only on loan).
 
he is a quality CM and will no doubt makes us stronger but his age and price means the odds of him joining us is very slim.
 
Anduin said:
Not really. I'd rather sign someone in the Sahin mould, e.g. for £10-20m, but on wages that are probably somewhere in between £60-80k a week (and a few years younger than Modric as well). In fact I do not really understand why we don't seem inquire about Sahin, he has tremendous potential and might be leaving the Bernabeu in the summer (though admittedly only on loan).
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Sahin is someone who'd interest me a lot. A loan deal with a fixed price at which we could buy him end of season would be great.
 
To sign Modric will be like:
-sunbathing on the beach a beautiful summer day
-with a cool drink in your hand
-next to Jessica Alba
-with the promise of a blow job at half time
-in a match in which we win the CL-final against Barcelona

which to me is a wet and improbable dream. I keep dreaming though....

PS! I think Modric will suit us even better than Miss Alba would suit me.
 
Anduin said:
Not really. I'd rather sign someone in the Sahin mould, e.g. for £10-20m, but on wages that are probably somewhere in between £60-80k a week (and a few years younger than Modric as well). In fact I do not really understand why we don't seem inquire about Sahin, he has tremendous potential and might be leaving the Bernabeu in the summer (though admittedly only on loan).
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Im a Sahin's supporter myself. He represents value for money (you'll probably arrange to get him on loan with a fixed clause at the end of the season) etc. However there's a catch. Real Madrid's players tend to be paid shitloads of money and convincing players to take a massive salary cut is not easy. Not to forget Sahin's recent injury problems.

Modric is one of the most rated midfielders in the EPL. He's a deep lying playmaker who'll help midfield while contributing upfront. I am confident that Berba (a player we never needed in the first place) will be at around 130k a week.
 
What would be funny is we buy him for £30m and then Spurs purchase Martinez £35m..
 
GledTheRed said:
More than Modric did in half a season despite having 10 years on him
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Scholesy had 4 goals and 0 assists while Modric has 4 goals and 4 assists. Double Scholesy's stats as he played half the number of games and both end up scoring/creating 8 goals directly.

Its stupid to gauge a CMs contribution by the number of goals he scores.
 
devilish said:
Im a Sahin's supporter myself. He represents value for money (you'll probably arrange to get him on loan with a fixed clause at the end of the season) etc. However there's a catch. Real Madrid's players tend to be paid shitloads of money and convincing players to take a massive salary cut is not easy. Not to forget Sahin's recent injury problems.

Modric is one of the most rated midfielders in the EPL. He's a deep lying playmaker who'll help midfield while contributing upfront. I am confident that Berba (a player we never needed in the first place) will be at around 130k a week.
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I'm not advocating that Modric is shit, he's a very good player, but I don't think he's worth the money and looking at our now famous 'value policy' I can't see us spending shedloads on him, especially with Levy being on the other side of the negotiation table.

Sahin is only one example, you've also got players like M'Vila, Guendogan (who might need one more year in the Bundesliga) or Lars Bender of Leverkusen - I agree with Aint Gota Kalou that we more desperately need cover for Carrick, who managed to go a whole season without injury. Kagawa will solve certain creativity problems and contribute goals from midfield, but if Carrick gets injured again, we might end up with Jones in midfield or play Cleverley/Anderson which will again leave gaping holes through the middle.
 
Varun_Utd said:
Scholesy had 4 goals and 0 assists while Modric has 4 goals and 4 assists. Double Scholesy's stats as he played half the number of games and both end up scoring/creating 8 goals directly.

Its stupid to gauge a CMs contribution by the number of goals he scores.
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Is it feck, may aswell get Jordan cnuting Henderson.
 
Anduin said:
I'm not advocating that Modric is shit, he's a very good player, but I don't think he's worth the money and looking at our now famous 'value policy' I can't see us spending shedloads on him, especially with Levy being on the other side of the negotiation table.

Sahin is only one example, you've also got players like M'Vila, Guendogan (who might need one more year in the Bundesliga) or Lars Bender of Leverkusen - I agree with Aint Gota Kalou that we more desperately need cover for Carrick, who managed to go a whole season without injury. Kagawa will solve certain creativity problems and contribute goals from midfield, but if Carrick gets injured again, we might end up with Jones in midfield or play Cleverley/Anderson which will again leave gaping holes through the middle.
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I think that we need a DM but it seems that SAF is not interested in such type of player.
 
Stop it you fools. We'll end up with Mohamed Diamé and you will all be outraged, simply because you all allowed yourselves to get giddy about this link.

This will never happen.
 
it's such a BS story. Why would Spurs sell him, or agree a price, just before the Euros where, if he performs well, his price would rocket. I very much doubt they intend to sell one of their prize assets unless for silly money; which I doubt would have us interested but most likely Chelsea.
I just don't see how united are still interested in him as his price/wages would be huge.
 
If there is any truth, this will go down to deadline day for sure. Man Utd don't back down and Levy likes to hold out. Just hope that after the way Spurs started last season due to the Modric tug of war with Chelsea, that Levy lets him go staright away so they can rebuild.
 
Varun_Utd said:
Scholesy had 4 goals and 0 assists while Modric has 4 goals and 4 assists. Double Scholesy's stats as he played half the number of games and both end up scoring/creating 8 goals directly.

Its stupid to gauge a CMs contribution by the number of goals he scores.
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Of course it is, and should we sign Modric he won't be judged on his goals. Anyone who does so is an idiot.

We need to understand the way United play to realise why Modric is perfect for this team. We attack at pace and mostly through wide areas. Our central midfielders are there to service those players. Nothing more. Modric would provide an awful lot of what Scholes has been doing for us.

I still believe we should stick with Cleverly rather than spend a fortune on Modric, but I'd be lying, and I think most of us would be, if we said we wouldn't be excited to see him join the club.
 
GledTheRed said:
Is it feck, may aswell get Jordan cnuting Henderson.
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He actually scored just 2 less than Scholesy, same with Charlie Adam. Not really much of a gap between the 3 eh? Either you think Scholes is shit or Pool did cracking business. Your call..

Iniesta scored just 2 too and Alonso 1 the past season. All the more reason to support the cracking business Pool did last summer. A player as good as Iniesta for 8mil and a player better than alonso for 20mil.
 
Werder Herzog said:
Neil Custis wrote the article, ignore, move on.
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Has he ever got a transfer prediction/report right?

Anyhow, i can see Modric leaving this summer, another season without champs league footy is not good enough, also the one Spurs need to worry about is Bale as i can see him moving possibly to Shitty.
 
If we get a full back, then we can move Jones to play defensive midfield as cover for Carrick and we can get Modric this summer.
 
Tbf unless he loves Spurs with a passion the time is probably right for him to move on.

His real peak will come in the next 4-5 years.

Think this story is bull though, a good Euros will see his stock rise so I don't see why spurs would agree a few beforehand.
 
Why do people care so much about how much we spend on players? Im thinking that what the club does not spend just goes into the Glazers pockets. Is that the wrong way to go about it?
 
Will Absolute said:
Who is your first choice? And who better might be available?
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Indeed.

People are too quick to rattle on about some young European or Brazilian who might become this or that. All well and good if you've got the time to allow a player to develop, but there are a lot of risks - Anderson being a prime example as to what can go wrong.

Sometimes its best to invest in a player when you know what you're going to get, especially when you need someone to step in right now.

One of the best midfielders in the PL, plays a good passing game, could improve in a better side. We should be pleased if we get him - finally signs of the club inesting where its needed and a big statement of intent to take a top player from a Top 4 rival.
 
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