Modric - No Longer A Spurs Player

[BrainOfLevy]

It's absolutely pathetic that he is trying to pull the same brick this summer too. It's like he learned nothing from before. Levy has softened his stance, he can go if a fair asking price is met. People forget we paid £16m for him, and he then went on to be one of the best midfielders in the league so much that Madrid want him. So to offer £27m is ridiculous.

African is right, don't accept any brick, let him rot. The only thing is we need to replace him and we can't have a Berbatov/Keane situation again. It would be funny if we sign Moutinho (using some bank loan or something) before Modric goes, and Madrid then think 'brilliant, he'll come to us for an easy price now' and Levy is just like 'no seriously, meet the asking price'. Madrid think he's trumping, but September comes and Modric is still here. Levy can be like 'what did I tell you guys? Stop messing us around and pay the asking price'.

He'd still have 3 more summers to go here, so we could still get good value for him next summer.

 

[Little Luka]

tell him to go to US or he isnt getting paid.

We don't know if he is going or not. He hasn't come out and said he isn't.

i actually dont mind a wasted asset like him rotting away so that we strengthen our position as a bargaining club

Why is he a wasted asset?

this thing that modric does to force our hand into getting cheated in todays market isnt something we should indulge

Speculation.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Making Modric go to the US if we know he's leaving would be pretty pointless and/or deluded and/or petty.

"If we know he is leaving" or "If we are satisfied there is a deal we are happy with for him to leave"

If he is being a petulant fool and trying to force things against our wishes then damn right take him to America. THFC are in charge not Modric and not Mardid.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

apprently it doesnt matter. this kind of stuff is allowed. nothing to see here ..move on

 

[Little Luka]

It's absolutely pathetic that he is trying to pull the same brick this summer too. It's like he learned nothing from before.

Has he pulled anything at all yet? All I see is journalist WUMs writing speculation.

African is right, don't accept any brick, let him rot.

No bricking has been done yet.



IF or WHEN he does anything like you two are suggesting, I'll agree with you, but right now he is a Spurs player who has done nothing. And based on nothing we get speculation. And based on that speculation we now have anger. Too much anger.

 

[jts1882]

IF or WHEN he does anything like you two are suggesting, I'll agree with you, but right now he is a Spurs player who has done nothing. And based on nothing we get speculation. And based on that speculation we now have anger. Too much anger.

Nothing this year that we know about.

We don't know if he has done anything yet, but neither do you know he was done nothing this year. We do know what he did last year.

 

[africanspurs]

We don't know if he is going or not. He hasn't come out and said he isn't.

okay i'll play along...hypothetically speaking...
so why cant we just tell him , just like anyone else "we are going to the usa as a team, anyone who isnt going for anything other than personal issues or health will be disciplined and docked wages". nothing wrong with that is there? we can tell that to anyone , including modric ..whether or not he is or isnt going

Why is he a wasted asset?

this is my fault...my english wasnt good enough. instead of saying i dont mind a wasted asset like him.....(which is my way of playing devils advocate for the future occurrence if he was to be an issue in the dressing room he would have become a wasted asset)..i should have said i dont mind WASTING an asset like him

Speculation.

riiiight , now i remember...your're the guy that tried to re-write history because of the length of time that had passed...., yes i remmeber you trying to come out and say / or question if modric actually wanted to leave us to go to chelsea.

just to be clear are we talking about the chelsea saga or this one?

now just to be open, i tend to obsess with hypocrisy. if you think THIS is speculation that he isnt trying to help madrid engineer a move...well then i am sure you wont and have never ever used a newspaper or rumour to help shape an opinion

but technically speaking and to be pedantic....i havent got a quote. so yes it is just speculation. i'll tell you what though, i will take all the signs and evidence (rumour, modric's silence in NOT refuting anything out there and quotes from people all over the place who arent modric), apply some logic.....and then come to my own conclusion. i am sure you believe its 100% bollox....i categorically do not..

actually let me try and find a quote if there is any

 

[Sheikh Ma Nuggets]

If Modders starts acting the dingdong is he not in breach of contract?

Depends what is stated within the contract.

I'd have thought that the club trip to the US would be considered an official delegation and - notwithstanding injury - attendance would be mandatory. It could be that his brief attendance on Tuesday was to undergo a medical examination, in order to ascertain any claim that he may have had of injury hindering his ability to comply with his obligations.

Technically, I'd say he'd be in breach if he failed to go with the squad on the official delegation. However, it's questionable as to what purpose placing Modric in breach would serve Tottenham Hotspur? Largely, it would be an impotent exercise in formality; we want rid of him - he wants to go too - so what benefit would fining him achieve? I suppose we could file for damages, but - again - surely it would be a more productive use of time to pursue an agreement with Real Madrid?

If Modric has good lawyers around him - and I don't doubt he does - then he'd understand that acting in breach would, from a commercial perspective, facilitate a move away from the club. It's just not within Tottenham Hotspur's interests to forego £35m or so, in order to pursue lengthy legal process, during which time their saleable asset would substantially lose value.

That's my take on it anyway. Technically in breach, but the overriding concern of Tottenham Hotspur will be to ignore his technicality and focus on negotiations with Real Madrid and/or others.

 

[Little Luka]

but neither do you know he was done nothing this year.

Guilty without evidence then, sweet.

We do know what he did last year.

Yes we do, he talked about Chelsea to a Croatian journalist, resulting in a newsarticle by Daily Mail which more likely than not put it out in a completely different way than intended.

We know that his head was not right, according to Redknapp.

We know that he wants to leave this club.

But all that other bile and garbage he is accused of is fabricated by a press made up by journalists with an agenda.

 

[vkn17]

Ok so he didn't board the plane to US. Surely this means that he will be 100% off before 31st of August?

 

[Little Luka]

so why cant we just tell him

We are trying to.

just like anyone else "we are going to the usa as a team, anyone who isnt going for anything other than personal issues or health will be disciplined and docked wages". nothing wrong with that is there?

I don't know if that is allowed or not, can not comment.

we can tell that to anyone , including modric ..whether or not he is or isnt going

If it is acceptable, sure we can.

this is my fault...my english wasnt good enough. instead of saying i dont mind a wasted asset like him.....(which is my way of playing devils advocate for the future occurrence if he was to be an issue in the dressing room he would have become a wasted asset)..i should have said i dont mind WASTING an asset like him

Thanks for clarifying. I agree, if it is possible to play hard with players we should. Player power is out of hand, as is the rest of this game. But we might end up losing him in a court case instead.

your're the guy that tried to re-write history because of the length of time that had passed

No I am not.

yes i remmeber you trying to come out and say / or question if modric actually wanted to leave us to go to chelsea.

I did not, he did want to go to Chelsea, and he did say that. What I was arguing is that passing along as fact that he refused to play, refused to train last season is not proven. Neither last or this season.

just to be clear are we talking about the chelsea saga or this one?

Both, this is an ongoing saga of a player trying to get away. I am just trying to put out some of the fire that is about to burn down four years of good service for the club.

if you think THIS is speculation that he isnt trying to help madrid engineer a move...well then i am sure you wont and have never ever used a newspaper or rumour to help shape an opinion

I know exactly how newspapers work, but they don't neccesarily work the way you intend them to when you put out a rumour. They work in their own interest regardless of what rumour you put in there.

but technically speaking and to be pedantic....i havent got a quote. so yes it is just speculation. i'll tell you what though, i will take all the signs and evidence (rumour, modric's silence in NOT refuting anything out there and quotes from people all over the place who arent modric), apply some logic.....and then come to my own conclusion. i am sure you believe its 100% bollox....i categorically do not..

That is of course fine, I simply refuse to accept what newspapers write because they keep lying to me. I believe press conferences, tv-interviews and the like.



I am not trying to insist Luka Modric is not trying to leave this club, he is and he will, but I just don't think all the crap that newspapers write about this story should be accepted as reality. He probably engineers a move via his agent I am not that naive, but the whole refusing to train, refusing to do this or that, strike etc., I don't buy that. Not until it is told us from a reliable source, e.g. himself, the club/staff.
I suppose my main argument is that noone should read newspapers.

 

[Spursalot]

Ok so he didn't board the plane to US. Surely this means that he will be 100% off before 31st of August?

Sure, if Real madrid meet levy's valuation. Or someone else comes in and does.


Surely the person that is going to be worst off in this is Modric? He's not currently training (i assume) and he's not going to the US to take part in the pre-season friendlies, so he's not going to be match fit at the start of the season.

Which is neither in our or Real madrids best interests..

 

[jts1882]

Guilty without evidence then, sweet.

Yes we do, he talked about Chelsea to a Croatian journalist, resulting in a newsarticle by Daily Mail which more likely than not put it out in a completely different way than intended.

We know that his head was not right, according to Redknapp.

We know that he wants to leave this club.

But all that other bile and garbage he is accused of is fabricated by a press made up by journalists with an agenda.

But you are doing exactly what you are criticising others of doing. You are assuming that all the reports are fabricated and you can't know that (unless you are Modric).

Whether his head was not right or he refused to play, we do know we didn't have a player on the pitch when we needed him. A professional player under contract should have been there and he wasn't. So speculation that he might be trying the same this year is not unfounded, although still speculation. In contrast, a statement that he has done nothing wrong is speculation that assumes a pattern of behaviour that is different to previous behaviour. You could be right, he might be bring more professional this year, but most people wouldn't agree with you on balance of probabilities.

 

[Sheikh Ma Nuggets]

...resulting in a newsarticle by Daily Mail...

You keep inferring that it's the Daily Mail which produced these - in your mind - inaccurate stories/quotes, yet the source - as I gave you the other day when you pompously requested it - was Croatian.

I note that you ignored that.

 

[liquid_football]

I really cant see what all this fuss is about,it was clear as daylight that Modric would leave this transfer window,the only question was his destination.Real want him and Levy is willing to sell,but is asking about 5 million € too much,so they are still negotiating.He could become a RM player any day(or hour) now and they start their USA tour in 2 weeks so I guess he is waiting for that plane unfortunately.He has given the club 4 years of great service,Levy will sell him for atleast double the amount he bought him for and Luka will play for the biggest club in the world.Everybody profits,the only question remains how stubborn Levy will be in the negotiations.

 

[Spursalot]

I really cant see what all this fuss is about,it was clear as daylight that Modric would leave this transfer window,the only question was his destination.Real want him and Levy is willing to sell,but is asking about 5 million € too much,so they are still negotiating.He could become a RM player any day(or hour) now and they start their USA tour in 2 weeks so I guess he is waiting for that plane unfortunately.He has given the club 4 years of great service,Levy will sell him for atleast double the amount he bought him for and Luka will play for the biggest club in the world.Everybody profits,the only question remains how stubborn Levy will be in the negotiations.

You talk abut it like that €5m is meaningless..


It's really not, it's quite a lot of money.

 

[DHSF]

I really cant see what all this fuss is about,it was clear as daylight that Modric would leave this transfer window,the only question was his destination.Real want him and Levy is willing to sell,but is asking about 5 million € too much,so they are still negotiating.He could become a RM player any day(or hour) now and they start their USA tour in 2 weeks so I guess he is waiting for that plane unfortunately.He has given the club 4 years of great service,Levy will sell him for atleast double the amount he bought him for and Luka will play for the biggest club in the world.Everybody profits,the only question remains how stubborn Levy will be in the negotiations.

I dont think we are asking for 5m to much I just think Real are trying to bully us and offering 5-10m too little.

They are ****s and as far as im concerned - I wouldnt even want to sell to them. They can talk to mODRIC AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE BEHIND OUR BACKS BUT UNLESS THEY OFFER US WHAT WE WANT THEN HE WILL JUST STAY.

I sincerely hope Levy does not buckle over this. I dont mind selling just on our damn terms.

 

[Sheikh Ma Nuggets]

Modric refuses to fly with Tottenham Hotspur on US Tour to Los Angeles...

NOGOMETAŠI Tottenhama u 12:00 poletjet će prema Los Angelesu gdje će se pripremati za početak sezone.

Na Indexu pratite još jedan dan u sagi oko Modrićeva odlaska iz Tottenhama u Real

Modrić je odlučio da ne putuje na turneju u SAD. Ostat će u Engleskoj i očekivati transfer u Real Madrid. Hrvatski veznjak neće doći u londonsku zračnu luku Heathrow, gdje će momčad u 12:00 poletjeti za Los Angeles, piše As. Tottenhamovi nogometaši bili su u 8:30 u trening kampu, ali tamo nije bilo Modrića, kao ni u zračnoj luci.

Levy ne popušta zbog Dinama!?

Engleski mediji pišu da transfer otežava i pet posto iznosa koliko Tottenham mora proslijediti na račun Dinamu, te da je i to razlog Levyjevoj nepopustljivosti.

PSG je spreman platiti 45 milijuna eura, ali ne i Real

Španjolski As piše da će Modrić najvjerojatnije propustiti let kako bi stavio Real Madrid u što bolju poziciju u pregovorima s Tottenhamom. Daniel Levy, predsjednik Spursa, neće pustiti hrvatskog veznjaka dok ne primi 45 milijuna eura. Ne zanimaju ga nikakvi igrači u zamjenu za Modrića, već samo novac. PSG je spreman toliko platiti, ali ne Real, klub u kojem Modrić želi nastaviti karijeru.

Nakon što se Modrić ni jučer nije pojavio na treningu Tottenhama, novinari Asa su posjetili njegov londonski dom, ali tamo su zatekli samo čuvara koji im je rekao da je Hrvat napustio imanje.

Marca: Modrić će se načekati i napatiti

Modrić je i danas najčitanija vijest na Marci koja piše da će ga Real čekati 31. kolovoza.

"Real Madrid nije u situaciji da se mora žuriti s dovođenjem Modrića. Spreman je čekati do posljednjeg trenutka kako bi željenog igrača dobio po što povoljnijoj cijeni. Ista je pozicija londonskog kluba. Predjednik Daniel Levy također može čekati do samog kraja kako bi od Reala pokušao izvući iznos što bliže željenome. Jedino što je izvjesno jest da će se sve skupa otegnuti u pravu sapunicu, te da će se igrač napatiti u čekanju", izvještava Marca.



Isti list također izvještava o tenziji koja u Londonu raste i koja će do usijanja doći danas u podne po lokalnom vremenu, kada će Tottenhamovi nogometaši krenuti na sjevernoameričku turneju. Modrić je treneru Andreu Villas-Boasu izrazio želju ne putovati u Los Angeles, dok mu je Portugalac prenio klupsku zapovijed da mora biti nazočan.

Real Tottenhamu: Mi smo vama pomogli s Van der Vaartom i Adebayorom!

"Prvo i važnije, 31. kolovoza 2010. godine, posljednjeg dana ondašnjega ljetnog prijelaznog roka, Real Madrid pristao je prodati Rafaela van der Vaarta Tottenhamu za 11 milijuna eura. Imao je, praktički istodobno, ponudu minhenskog Bayerna za Nizozemca u iznosu od 20 milijuna eura. Ipak, na zamolbu Harryja Redknappa i na pregovaračku spretnost predsjednika Daniela Levyja, Real se odrekao čitavih devet milijuna eura kako ne bi ojačao svog tradicionalnoga europskog rivala", ističe Marca.

Iz kraljevskog kluba su novu uslugu londonskim prijateljima napravili prošlog ljeta. Premda je Jose Mourinho želio zadržati Emmanuela Adebayora u momčadi kao rezervnog napadača, Real se džentlmenski povukao iz pregovora da bi udovoljio Tottenhamovim interesima.

Modrić skida Džeku s vrha najskupljih nogometaša iz bivše Jugoslavije?

Ako Modrić u ovom prijelaznom roku napusti Tottenham ostvarit će najveći transfer u povijesti od nogometaša s prostora bivše Jugoslavije. Najveći transfer je odlazak Edina Džeke iz Wolfsburga u Emirates Marketing Project za 32 milijuna. Drugi je Elvir Baljić, koji je u ljeto 1999. iz Fenerbahčea u madridski Real prešao za tada nevjerojatnih 26 milijuna eura. Na trećem mjestu je Savo Milošević, koji je 2000. iz Zaragoze u redove Parme prešao za 25 milijuna eura, a četvrtom Aleksandar Kolarov, koji je nedavno također stigao u City iz Lazija za 22.7 milijuna eura.

Slijede Luka Modrić s 22 milijuna eura, zatim Nikola Žigić s 20 milijuna eura pa Darko Kovačević, koji je u Juventus stigao za 17 milijuna eura. Za isti novac je Siniša Mihajlović prešao ii Sampdorije u Lazio. Ako govorimo o igračima iz domaćih lige, osim Luke Modrića, jedino je Dejan Stanković napravio visoki transfer, prešavši u Lazio za 15 milijuna eura.

10 najskupljih jugoslavenskih nogometaša:

1. Edin Džeko 32 milijuna eura
2. Elvir Baljić 26 milijuna eura
3. Savo Milošević 25 milijuna eura
4. Aleksandar Kolarov 22.7 milijuna eura
5. Luka Modrić 22 milijuna eura
6. Nikola Žigić 20 milijuna eura
7. Darko Kovačević 17 milijuna eura
7. Siniša Mihajlović 17 milijuna eura
8. Dejan Stanković 15 milijuna eura
8. Miloš Krasić 15 milijuna eura
8. Eduardo da Silva 15 milijuna eura

http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/modric-nije-usao-u-tottenhamov-avion-za-sad/627065.aspx

 

[liquid_football]

Index is even worse than The Sun

 

[liquid_football]

I dont think we are asking for 5m to much I just think Real are trying to bully us and offering 5-10m too little.

They are ****s and as far as im concerned - I wouldnt even want to sell to them. They can talk to mODRIC AS MUCH AS THEY LIKE BEHIND OUR BACKS BUT UNLESS THEY OFFER US WHAT WE WANT THEN HE WILL JUST STAY.

I sincerely hope Levy does not buckle over this. I dont mind selling just on our damn terms.

Yeah,of course they are trying to lower the price a little,its only natural.
We did get VdV for peanuts from them tho,so they are making sure they dont pay a cent more than necessary