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Modric - No Longer A Spurs Player

Spursalot said:
I doubt that, surely agents are there to do a job. And the point of that job is to get more £££.


So they'll do whatever gets them the most £££ in the long term.
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Yup. And when you can bend your client like a doll made from pipe cleaners, you likely feel you can do that...problem is, no-one seems to have learned from last summer...
 
Agents make most of their money when transfers are made or new contracts signed. If someone appears settled and happy at their club, but there's suddenly frenzied speculation in the media there's usually only one explanation.
 
Spursalot said:
I doubt that, surely agents are there to do a job. And the point of that job is to get more £££.


So they'll do whatever gets them the most £££ in the long term.
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Well at the very least then, Modric must not mind his agent acting in this way otherwise he would get rid of him.
 
Jordinho said:
I think Modric trusts his agent far too much. They obviously have a very close relationship.
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I will accept that in certain cases, the agent may be the instigator in trying to engineer a move for his player, but I'm not having that players are completely blameless.
 
thfcsteff said:
Sigh...I am not sure who you are referring to (probably the recent comments) but as someone who commented greatly on Modric last summer, and Harry this, I will restate what was said last summer.

Both myself and ZG Spur REPEATEDLY tried to tell you (and others) that Mamic (his agent/godfather/whatever) was the man behind it. We supplied quotes dating back to Xmas 2010. I also told you in late June that Levy would not sell whatever the circumstances last summer. The time that Harry aggravated the situation IMHO, was when he inexplicably went back on a summer's worth of"we can't let our best players go" and spent the last week of the window saying we should flog him for 40 mill and it was natural the player's head was turned because of the wages he could get elsewhere. And yes, I thought he was bang bang BANG out of order. Why do YOU assume Harry would spend most of the summer saying one thing, see his chairman standing firm, and then spend the last week of the window trying to fudge it all up? GENUINELY interested in your answer.


Finally, and I speak as a long-time postee, mate, I am really really surprised that you have CHOSEN to drag Harry's name up AGAIN. We are all trying to move on, yet you won't let it go. Interesting IMVHO...
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I've already given that answer several times.

And I should clarify by first mention of the Manager, I mean his Agent. As for Redknapp? He is interwined with this. Many people blamed him for last Summer's fiasco and yet here we are again, with it happening again.
 
Jurgen the German said:
Steff, I agree that agents are tricky customers at best, but they only do what their client tells them to do. Probably a bit of both to be honest. They are as guilty as each other.
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Totally this. Whether some people want to acknowledge it or not Modric will be driving this as much as anyone. IF Modric really wanted to stay, then he'd just tell his agent to shut the fudge up wouldn't he?
 
The Moonlit Knight said:
I've already given that answer several times.

And I should clarify by first mention of the Manager, I mean his Agent. As for Redknapp? He is interwined with this. Many people blamed him for last Summer's fiasco and yet here we are again, with it happening again.
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Not any more. He's been fired. You may have forgotten this.
 
lol no one blamed Redknapp - they were just tinkled off with his constant talking to the media - one minute saying he wanted Modric to stay next minute saying he could do with the extra transfer money he'd get from selling him and the next challenging the chairman to stick to his guns
 
Jordinho said:
And you know that how?
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Because he has ambition. It seems to me that people who love Modric the player are deluding themselves that Modric the person isn't to blame.

Modric WANTS to leave. Yes he may be taking advice from his agent as to how best engineer a move away, but Modric WANTS to engineer a move. He has made that perfectly clear. There is no behind the scenes villian threatening Modric will death if he doesn't move on etc. Modric doesn't want to stay at Spurs. People need to wake up and realise this.
 
The Moonlit Knight said:
Because he has ambition. It seems to me that people who love Modric the player are deluding themselves that Modric the person isn't to blame.

Modric WANTS to leave. Yes he may be taking advice from his agent as to how best engineer a move away, but Modric WANTS to engineer a move. He has made that perfectly clear. There is no behind the scenes villian threatening Modric will death if he doesn't move on etc. Modric doesn't want to stay at Spurs. People need to wake up and realise this.
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:-k


Pretty sure everyone in this thread for the past 15 pages has known he wants to leave.. The discussion is more about how he is going about achieving that end..
 
At some point in his Tottenham career Modric's agent tells him he should be playing for a bigger club, he's too good for us now. Then he tells him he has spoken with other clubs, BIG clubs, and they're really interested in him and guess what, they'll even double his salary. Once Modric is sold on the idea, which could have been a fairly easy sale for all I know, the agent tells him to follow his advice and he'll get his move. Cue standard negotiation tactics. The longer it drags on, the more desperate the measures.
 
The Moonlit Knight said:
Because he has ambition. It seems to me that people who love Modric the player are deluding themselves that Modric the person isn't to blame.

Modric WANTS to leave. Yes he may be taking advice from his agent as to how best engineer a move away, but Modric WANTS to engineer a move. He has made that perfectly clear. There is no behind the scenes villian threatening Modric will death if he doesn't move on etc. Modric doesn't want to stay at Spurs. People need to wake up and realise this.
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That's YOUR view on this. I have a slightly different view. In fact I don't think any one of us that has posted in this thread has the EXACT same view. And most likely none of us have it 100% spot on.
 
Jordinho said:
At some point in his Tottenham career Modric's agent tells him he should be playing for a bigger club, he's too good for us now. Then he tells him he has spoken with other clubs, BIG clubs, and they're really interested in him and guess what, they'll even double his salary. Once Modric is sold on the idea, which could have been a fairly easy sale for all I know, the agent tells him to follow his advice and he'll get his move. Cue standard negotiation tactics. The longer it drags on, the more desperate the measures.
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Or maybe after failing to qualify for the CL, Modric tells his agent that he wants to play for a CL club and to find him one.

The whole premise that Modric is some meek little boy who is easily influenced is unbelievable. It's deja vu of the Campbell saga. I remember back then people were saying Campbell didn't want to leave and it was his agent persuading him to do it. It was utter gonads and we are faced with the same situation now. People are in denial that a fan favourite really couldn't give a brick about the club and wants to move on.
 
Modric worth to spurs £40m.


Real madrid not willing to go above £32m.



So if Modric pays the difference he'll get his move. Simples.


(all values are From the press)


Edit: Or give us a % of his wages at Real until he's paid the extra off. He's on 150k a week? Give us 50kp/w for 160 weeks? he'd still be getting a pay rise. And he'd get the move he wants.
 
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Spursalot said:
Modric worth to spurs £40m.


Real madrid not willing to go above £32m.



So if Modric pays the difference he'll get his move. Simples.


(all values are From the press)
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No loyalty bonus, no signing on fee, low wages. Should cover it. I'd have more respect for all these players citing ambition if they did that.
 
Doesn't really matter if Modric wants to leave. I don't hate him for it. I wish him luck. But first and foremost we look out for the interests of the club. We get a good deal and ensure we have a suitable replacement lined up.

Let's get it done quickly too. Last thing we need is to drag our heels on this. Sign Moutinho regardless. That way we are not the ones stuck come the end of the transfer window desperate to sign someone and end up with the midfield equivalent of Frazier Campbell.

I won't dislike Modric until he publically slates the club or I hear factual statements of him refusing to play for us despite being under contract to do so. Anyone who does that loses my respect, even if the chairman made promises to let him go or whatever.
 
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