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Modric

nayenezgani said:
We were lucky to have him grace WHL for the few seasons that he did, unfortunately it's very unlikely that he'll ever return.. I'd love to break my Modric shirt back out though!

Easily my favourite modern day/PL era Spurs player.. Is he the greatest modern day Spurs player we've seen?
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I suppose it depends on what modern day means i guess, what i know is that he is my 2nd favourite M/F player (along with Ossie) from those i have watched since the early 60's. No prizes for who was num one.
 
jts1882 said:
Four years and 159 games is enough to be counted as a "Tottenham" player. Longevity is important when considering Tottenham greats but the truly classy players can get included for short stays.

Some other names for comparison:

Jimmy Neighbour (156 games, six years)
Clive Allen 135 (4)
Ginola 127 (3)
Gazza 112 (3) (less games than Sherwood or Adebayor)
Barmby 108 (3)
Berbatov 102 (2)
van der Vaart 78 (2)
Parks 37 (8)
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All of the above were visitors. I only laud the stayers, not the tourists.
 
Not too shabby for a 32 year old!

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'My feeling was that it was time for a move – I wanted to fight for trophies and win titles, and I felt this wouldn’t happen if I stayed at Tottenham. I wanted to move to a more ambitious club.'

That hurts, but it's also probably true - lot more ambitious clubs out there, both in 2012 and today.
 
DubaiSpur said:
'My feeling was that it was time for a move – I wanted to fight for trophies and win titles, and I felt this wouldn’t happen if I stayed at Tottenham. I wanted to move to a more ambitious club.'

That hurts, but it's also probably true - lot more ambitious clubs out there, both in 2012 and today.
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for ambitious read richer, that’s all. No biggie!
law of the football jungle
 
I’ll definitely buy the book and wish him all the best but at the time I was furious with him for how he went about stating his desire to leave. He acted like a clam when he said he wanted to play for Chelsea. He must have realised that would never happen due to the rivalry and all that? He just assumed it was like he was moving to Liverpool or United rather than a bitter rival. And that City game when we lost 5-1 was a pathetic effort from him, total lack of effort and character. Fans will forgive a lot when someone is that great. Can you imagine the stick Aurier would get if he behaved like modric did?

That said he was a wonderful player for us. Real shame we couldn’t keep him and Bale longer to coincide with Poch’s reign. Quite harsh words re wanting to play for a more ambitious club but as @DubaiSpur said it’s probably true and in that respect you can’t blame him for wanting to better his life and career. I always says I never blame players for wanting to leave. How they leave sometimes leave a bitter taste but it is what it is.
 
The real top players want to leave the game with as many winners medals as they can, i have no problem with that and Modric made the right decision to enable him to do that.
 
I loved having Modric at the club, and was sad when he left, but I also loved it when Eriksen shrugged him off to score our third against Madrid. What a moment! Up yours Luka!
 
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