He says he wants to stay in London and play in the champions league. Whether or not he says he doesnt want to move, its implied by his comments and the scale is already tipped massively towards Chelsea.
Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid
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I've just explained why, 'I want to stay in this city.' means that he doesn't want to move to another city, because he's expressed that he actually wants to remain in one place.
I want to stay in London, does not mean I want to move to Manchester. If he was open to another place he wouldn't have specified the place he wants to live.
Exactly. It's simple.
Will Spurs want to sell to Chelsea or any of their London rivals? And I'm pretty sure he wouldn't say no to United and we do fit his category of "being able to win the League and play in the CL"
Personally, I want to continue living and working in this country, but if I got a better job offer elsewhere...you see where i'm going?
I'm not saying that Modric may see Man Utd as a better opportunity - he may not - but the fact remains that Chelsea are the only ones who have bid for him, so of course he's going to appear keen to join them as he'd like to leave.
That's an interesting one. His contract expires in 2012 and he's refused to sign a new one so he's definitely available. Has there been much rumoured interest from other Italian clubs?
It always did make sense.
A nice little unsettling gesture, a nice statement of intent, a nice low valuation with which to start negotiations.
There has been some from what I've seen. I saw something about Milan having a meeting with his agent, not sure how accurate that one is. But I've seen him linked with a couple of the better Italian teams
Are they any more likely to sell to us?
Do you think Levy is favourably inclined to United after the whole dossier fiasco?
That's fine, I only responded to your bit that I made up the fact that Modric didn't want to move, when he came out and said 'I want to stay here where I am' which means that he doesn't want to move. If he was open to another place he would not have said 'I want to stay in London' he would have said 'I like Chelsea' or 'I am open to Chelsea or United' or anything other than 'I want to remain here in London' which is quite specific about what he wants.
I also can't see why if you want a move to Manchester to occur in the future or any other big club, you would come out and tell the press that you wanted to stay in the city you were currently in but move to a different club which narrows it down to a few clubs. It's counter productive if that's not actually what he wants.
Regarding the first bit about getting a better job offer that's natural, I want to move to Canada but if an Austrailian firm offers me a shit load more I'll go there, it doesn't change the fact that I want to move to Canada. That wasn't the point I originally made which you said I made up.
Modric quotes makes negotiating for Chelsea easier. Blows any rival bidders out.
This will be a tactic co-ordinated by Chelsea and the Modric camp. Spurs will now be desperate to bring other bidders into play.
This will be a tactic co-ordinated by Chelsea and the Modric camp. Spurs will now be desperate to bring other bidders into play.
Start Martinez rumours lads. He's a class act.
Ok thanks. I suppose if Milan (Pirlo replacement?) make a concerted effort to sign him then it would make it very difficult for us.
Why would he say he's open to a move to us if we havent even bid for him
You might looking into this "wanting to stay in London" thing equally as much as i'm trying to dismiss it, but the fact is we cant second guess him and its all a bit pointless trying to speculate. I still remain confident that - if we put in a bid - he'll want to come to us than Chelsea.
Why's that then?
Some of you need to let it go. He obviously wants to go to Chelsea.
Why would he say he's open to a move to us if we havent even bid for him
It was an example. Why would he come out and say that what he wanted was to stay in one specific place if he was actually not bothered about where he went?
I'm not speculating or second guessing, I'm takin his words that he said. You're the one second guessing by saying that what he came out and said isn't the case.
Somehow, Modric reminds me of the Berbatov situation.
Berbatov looked a perfect fit for United. Seemed he was going to have the similar effect on the team as Cantona. Although he's done OK, has not fulfilled a lot of our expectations.
Berbatov looked a perfect fit for United. Seemed he was going to have the similar effect on the team as Cantona. Although he's done OK, has not fulfilled a lot of our expectations.
As I said earlier, it doesn't bother me as I think there are better targets. I'm simply saying that if Barcelona or Madrid come in for him I reckon he might be changing his tune, right now Chelsea appears his only viable option so it aint so strange that he's making up excuses for joining local rivals already.
I mean, didn't Tevez say he was staying in Manchester because he was settled here?
The one thing that doesn't compute is the Modric agent talking about him being worth 40m on Thursday. That's not going to help!
I'm trying to create reasons for missing out on his transfer.
Well assuming we dont send Gary Neville to persuade him to join, i'd like to think the history of the club and the opportunity to replace Scholes is something that he'd relish. The stability of the club in terms of management and the fact we actually have a manager should be more assuring. Oh, and us being Champions for the 4th time in 5 years.
Thing is, Modric might not see things how I do, but you cannot argue that they're all valid reasons to choose us over Chelsea. I dont buy this London thing. Footballers are always changing their minds anyway. Didnt Ronaldo say he wanted to join Barcelona a few years ago?
Exactly.
I'd love Madrid or Barca to come in for him now and see if he still MUST stay in London, somehow I fecking doubt it.
Modric gets a percentage of signing fee? I believe it's around 10%.
Why not?
You don't think it's in any way plausible that a footballer who is settled in London might prefer to stay there, given the choice?
I like Manchester but it's not hard to see why footballers from the continent might find London a better place to live. It's a lot bloody warmer for a start!
What does Glaston have to say now that Modric has admitted he wants out?
I wouldn't completely write off the possibility of us getting him, but it does seem pretty clear that Chelsea are by far the most likely destination at this point.
Glaston was so adamant, then just a couple of hours later Modric is basically asking to be sold.
History of the club is not likely to have an effect on Modric. We're fans.
Money>trophies>location in that order for most footballers.
What people are missing here is that there is no chance he did that interview, it would've just been discussed with his agent and a transcript passed to the newspaper.
It's obvious that if Chelsea are his best option then he'll say nice things about London. As I said, if Barca were to come in for him do people seriously think he'll be staying in London? I for one don't.
The way I see it, Chelsea are his only viable option right now, the fact that no other clubs seem to be in the mix means that he's Chelsea bound, I'm pretty certain of that. I very much doubt United would've let it get this far if they really wanted him.
Sneider is my number one choice, just concerned he is on around £200k net p/w
Looks like Chelski it is for him
Levy might still dig Glaston out of this gigantic hole he's made for himself. It really would be catastrophic for Spurs to sell Modric and for that reason they'll want huge money for him. Not the £50m that Glaston suggests but certainly something approaching £40m and that might put Chelsea off.
If he wants to play here as much as his flirting makes out then he'll take a cut.
He'll pull his usual Spurs PR bullshit...That, or we wont see him until next Summer when he turns up telling us all that Bale doesn't want to leave and how Spurs are a club going places and don't sell there best players. Only for hours later Bale to hand in a transfer request. And thus the cycle begins again.
He and Torres together could be something a bit special, if Torres can remember how to play football again.
I hope Arsenal bid, a possible replacement for Fabregas, or Nasri.
I hope Arsenal bid, a possible replacement for Fabregas, or Nasri.
Or you could always bid for Van der Vaart.
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Modric has got a young family to think about as well, not sure he'll want them all to have to change schools.
Modric has got a young family to think about as well, not sure he'll want them all to have to change schools.
It will end up with a transfer request.