If I was naughty I'd bet Glaston £100 at evens he goes. Then back him staying for £80 on betfair at 6/4. £20 either way up.
Luka Modric / Signs for Real Madrid
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Pls Top help me out on this because I don't understand your point.
Btw. A said I think Modric (transfer request=Levy=remember Berba) has to ask for a transfer request. And I think Levy's latest statement back me up on this. What do you think?
Interesting that while Levy is telling everyone that Modricis not for Sale, Rednapp is only bleating about the price offered by Chelsea! Indicates that he's only not for sale at that price!
I don't even know if you have MADE a bet with a poster here. You dodged the question, as usual. Feel free to put me straight.
I have carefully considered your suggestion. No.
So, are you happy to put this money in escrow, or not?
It's worth bearing in mind that Levy has played this "not for sale" card before. That way he gets more money when they do "reluctantly" sell.
What's the betting they've already earmarked a replacement or two for him, no doubt still leaving them with a tidy profit at the end of it all. Him and 'arry are two of the PLs best salesmen and bargain hunters for sure.
Now stop fannying around and get betting.
Someone keep a record of the bets please.
What's the betting they've already earmarked a replacement or two for him, no doubt still leaving them with a tidy profit at the end of it all. Him and 'arry are two of the PLs best salesmen and bargain hunters for sure.
Now stop fannying around and get betting.
Someone keep a record of the bets please.
I don't think that Spurs fans would be fooled by Levy 'reluctantly' selling Modric. This is, perhaps, one transfer too far; the sale of Modric would give the lie to Spurs' stated ambitions of joining the 'elite'. I think LM stays, even if Levy wouldn't actually mind cashing-in on him.
What's the point in saying "I want to leave Tottenham as friends" and then indicating that you want to join Chelsea and are willing to act like a cock to force the deal through?
Fair enough if you want the move, but why insult everyone's intelligence in the process?
Also, if you were considering a move enough when negotiating a contract to ask the chairman what would happen if an offer came in, why sign a SIX YEAR fecking contract? I know footballers are supposedly not the brightest but surely his agent should have been smarter than that.
Spurs can hold out for as long as they like and then force Chelsea to cough up the money once they find a replacement.
Fair enough if you want the move, but why insult everyone's intelligence in the process?
Also, if you were considering a move enough when negotiating a contract to ask the chairman what would happen if an offer came in, why sign a SIX YEAR fecking contract? I know footballers are supposedly not the brightest but surely his agent should have been smarter than that.
Spurs can hold out for as long as they like and then force Chelsea to cough up the money once they find a replacement.
There are very few clubs who have not used that card to be fair.
"I would not sell Madrid a Virus"
That's not what you said though, you were implying that he won't be sold, at any price.
Save your money Glaston, Modric will be going, the only question is for how much.
Levy is a businessman, he will not keep a player he can sell for over twice what he paid and who doesn't want to stay. If Chelsea offer £35m he will be going there, mark my words. Similar protestations to the contrary were made about Berbatov, yet he was still sold.
I think Levy will try to force Modric into asking for a transfer, which if i am not mistaken means he relinquish any loyalty fees owing to him. Then he will be duly sold to Chelsea or anybody else who offers between £30-£40m.
Spurs are a selling club Glaston, like it or not. I am not a gambling man, but i would be very surprised if Modric is lining up for Spurs at the start of the season.
Oh I know that. Spurs are a little more adept at it though.
For bets totalling £105 so far? Jesus H Christ.
If you want to bet £1,000 that Modric won't be at Spurs next season then I'll put the cash in escrow if you do the same - otherwise I can't be arsed with the hassle.
It's up to you.
Seriously guys it's all harmful banter, no one should have to pay up the sums of money you lot are talking about on a will he wont he transfer story
I think you have answered my question.
No, I've repeatedly said that he won't be sold unless a silly money offer is made - an amount so large it makes it near 100% certain he'll be staying ... or at least an amount so large that makes me very, very confident he'll be at Spurs next season.
I rather think you have answered mine.
.......meanwhile Van Der Vaart sneaks out the back door and signs for United 
at what point does the situation become, "well if you don't want to be here, then we're better off selling you?" from Levy's point of view?
I'd say about 28million
Echoes of Berbatov - the player wants to leave and experience CL football. Levy will draw the transfer out to extract every last penny possible which could be a Pyrrhic victory as it will unsettle the team as they will want to bring in a replacement as soon as possible.
The reality is though that in the modern game once a player states his desire to leave there is very little the club can do about it.
All Levy can do is try and get the best price he possibly can whilst saving face in the process, hence the statement.
I don't expect him to honour that statment for one minute, he's just posturing and playing the game.
fecking hell, stop with the stupid bets and the silly to and fro about whether Glaston will pay up or not.
I'm nowhere near as confident that Modric will still be here next season as Glaston is but the Carrick/Berbatov situations, especially the Berbatov one are very different to this one. The statements are very different as well. After that statement, it all comes down to Modric now I guess. If he doesn't hand in the transfer request, I can see him staying. If he does, there will be a much bigger struggle. Basically, are you willing to be the villain?
And the ranking of players in the midfield in the Modric is scum thread is clearly a joke, I would have thought it obvious?
I'm nowhere near as confident that Modric will still be here next season as Glaston is but the Carrick/Berbatov situations, especially the Berbatov one are very different to this one. The statements are very different as well. After that statement, it all comes down to Modric now I guess. If he doesn't hand in the transfer request, I can see him staying. If he does, there will be a much bigger struggle. Basically, are you willing to be the villain?
And the ranking of players in the midfield in the Modric is scum thread is clearly a joke, I would have thought it obvious?
For info
Betting thread open in the General for all those who wish to record their Modric bets.
https://www.redcafe.net/f8/big-caf-bets-thread-260849/
Betting thread open in the General for all those who wish to record their Modric bets.
https://www.redcafe.net/f8/big-caf-bets-thread-260849/
Also, I hope for their sakes, Chelsea have been above board with their approaches or Levy will take them to to both the cleaners and the courts as well.
Like he did with us over Berbatov you mean?
It will end up as Modric putting in a transfer request and Roman making up his losses in a signing on fee.
You paid 31 million for a player who had 2 years left on his contract and who had refused to play for us. Hardly bargain basement was it. And you haven't been found guilty of tapping up as Chelsea have in the past. Don't they have a suspended sentence for that or were they banned for the full time they were supposed to be?
The point is that Levy was convinced we tapped up Berbatov but in reality it's very difficult to prove.
I find it funny that Levi accuses CFC of going public with their bid when his own manager conducts his transfer business in front of cameras all the time, and constantly comments on other clubs' affairs.
Credit to Levy. I don't like him but I must admit that he knows his onions.
Then I must put questions marks over Modric's strategy. If the quotes are correct and he rely his case on a verbal agreement then it's a bad strategy. He can off course follow the script and ask for a transfer request but if Levy continue to neglect his wish then both are in a bad position.
I'm not so sure that Modric and his agent has the upper hand in this story.
So what you offering on Nasri staying? Not that I'd chuck me money away.
I think you may be confusing him with Harry.
I think its pretty obvious you did tap up Berbatov to be fair but it was just seen as best for all that we take a few extra million to shut up, you got your player and Berbatov got his move. Had to be done, it was the end of the window.
I don't really have all that much evidence for it I must admit but I get the feeling that Chelsea can sometimes be a bit more 'aggressive' in their pursuits. Who knows?
But yes, its very hard to prove and I think that most clubs will do some tapping up now, to at least gauge if the player is interested at all before ploughing in with a bid.
Every player is tapped up before he moves, it's usually done through 3rd parties to protect the club making the enquiries. Spurs will be no different.
I hate this whole transfer dance, with the b/s statements from club and player. The deal will get done, all Modric did by signing a long term contract is allow Spurs the upper hand in negotiation to extort the highest price possible from the buying club.
I hate this whole transfer dance, with the b/s statements from club and player. The deal will get done, all Modric did by signing a long term contract is allow Spurs the upper hand in negotiation to extort the highest price possible from the buying club.
He says "Your own manager" in that post.
I've never been quite sure what actually constitutes 'tapping up'. I mean, I understand the broad definition, but what do the rule say, if anything?
If a club leaks their interest in a player to a friendly hack, does that count. How about a manager who contacts an agent and asks him to convey his interest to a player who is under contract with another club. How about an encouraging response to an agent who touts his client's services around and who then encourages his client to agitate for a transfer. All sound a bit dodgy, but its seems to me that's how business is done these days.
That's what I meant when I said "his own manager".
I think revealing that he had a verbal agreement with Levy in the media is just the first stage of the strategy that him and his agent have cooked up.
I don't think they expected anything from it other than to draw a response from Levy.
Once he submits a transfer request he's as good as gone.
Some on here are mis-reading the situation quite badly.
The key is this: Following the sale of Berbatov, Levy is this time hell-bent on drawing a line in the sand.
With Berbatov, Levy's hand was relatvely weak due the player's age, the time left on his contract the club's financial position being less strong than now ... and because the club's realistic ambitions were not quite so high as now (pace the good showing in last season's CL, finishing 4th the season before that etc).
With Modric the situation is very different. I'm very confident that Levy sees this as a watershed moment and is hugely determined to show his steel.
In short, he's made his stand, holds most of the cards and I don't see him backing down - he's a tougher, more ruthless little cookie than perhaps some realise. Modric won't now make too much more fuss. But if he does he'll come a cropper ... because Levy will squash him flat.
The key is this: Following the sale of Berbatov, Levy is this time hell-bent on drawing a line in the sand.
With Berbatov, Levy's hand was relatvely weak due the player's age, the time left on his contract the club's financial position being less strong than now ... and because the club's realistic ambitions were not quite so high as now (pace the good showing in last season's CL, finishing 4th the season before that etc).
With Modric the situation is very different. I'm very confident that Levy sees this as a watershed moment and is hugely determined to show his steel.
In short, he's made his stand, holds most of the cards and I don't see him backing down - he's a tougher, more ruthless little cookie than perhaps some realise. Modric won't now make too much more fuss. But if he does he'll come a cropper ... because Levy will squash him flat.