They didnt need himthe chance to join the biggest club in fulham was impossible to ignore last year as well wasn't it
Great player who we are going to miss, and who now plays for the biggest club in Europe and will be a star there.
Great player who we are going to miss, and who now plays for the biggest club in Europe and will be a star there.
I don't begrudge him wanting to move to Real, and to be honest I don't really begrudge him wanting to move to Chelsea either.
But for refusing to play for our team he can go fudge himself.
But for refusing to play for our team he can go fudge himself.
Seemed just as eager to join Chelsea last season. Biggest club in the world? I wouldn't take too much of what he says literally.
The only reason he's courteous towards us is
a)it's expected practise for a footballer,
v)Levy's probably warned him to do it, and
b)We cheered him on at the beginning of the season, when he probably was expecting a booing.
Those are the only reasons. Not out of any sort of genuine loyalty. Sigh.
Moving to Madrid, any Spurs fan will concede, was something he couldn't pass up. And if that were all, we'd have him down as one of our classiest players and he would have left a firm fan favourite.
That dalliance with Terry and co., however....that's probably what will remain an asterisk in front of his name for the rest of his career from a Spurs perspective. Unless he demands a return to us or something after spending a couple of years in Madrid.
I suppose it will never be known whether it was down to him or the management who made the decision not to play at the beginning of last season and the beginning of this season whilst still contracted to us. However it was pretty clear that it was Modric who refused to go on the pre season tour to the USA.When did he refuse to play for our team?
I would like to start a thank you thread(no joke) to berbatov and Modric for the memories of the last 7 seasons. We finished 5th on three occasions and 4th twice as well as the great semi and final to lift the carling cup. This thread would include praise for Martin Jol and Harry Redknapp.
Maybe, i'm getting all nostalgic and haven't moved on to our present situation.
Why include seven seasons? We went backwards with Berbatov, although that was not his fault. It was losing our key midfield influence that made the difference and he left without loads of public tantrums.
Does this topic really need to be called Ratface? Granted there are some hard feelings to how he want about leaving but he is still one of the greats to ever put on a Spurs shirt and he left for the biggest club in the world. Can't we move on and wish him well without insulting him any further?