Modric - No Longer A Spurs Player

[indianspur]

Indeed, a pathetic move which was somewhat accelerated by Levy showing up on their doorstep...but I'm sure they looked at Berbatov and figured they could easily force the move whenever they wanted...let's be honest, the man who changed here in the last 24 months was Daniel Levy. A lot of people on this fudging message board thought he would fold last summer!

Look, I don't really give a brick.Everyone, go ahead, hate the player solely if you want. It's like just hating a single political figurehead behind a war. if you wish to ignore the other deeper, more complicit parties, good for you.
I'd rather not.

again, another sign of sheer stupidity from them because Berbatov had 2 years left on his contract and that put added pressure on Levy to accept the Utd deal at the time

 

[DubaiSpur]

this is exactly what they want from us, to cave in and give them what they want - to accept a lower bid than what we are prepared to sell for because he's kicking up a fuss - i wonder if people can see they are playing right in to their hands and i hope our chairman has more resolve.the same thing happened last summer - so many people saying they'd had enough, wanting to give up and get rid - personally last summer didn't bother me too much because i paid little attention after Levy came out and said he was staying and this summer again it won't bother me too much because i know we will do what is best for us - ie NOT cave in and to stick to our guns - either get what we want in terms of a fee so we can get a replacement or reject their attempts and causing unrest and we get to hang on to a world class player for another season.

Id advice some of you to pay a little less attention to what is going on in the media with regards to the deal and you may find the transfer window a little easier to bare !

=D>

I did pen an article about this over on Vital Spurs when the Modric saga was at its height last summer. We sell, we consign ourselves to being remembered as a selling club, a stepping stone, for all time. IT had to stop somewhere. And I'm glad Levy stopped it then and there.

He earned my trust then, and he's still got it now. He'll do what he thinks is best for the club, not what Luka Modric of Zadar thinks is best for himself, and not what the media thinks our club should do. They'd like nothing better than to go back to ridiculing us as the laughing stock of England; indeed, after their pal Redknapp's departure, they're just salivating for it. Grasping their pens and their iPads like frenzied berserkers, waiting for the smell fo blood to pounce. Ergo, this summer is more important than ever in terms of keeping the club's reputation intact (or as intact as it can be, after this debacle). So I do wish people wouldn't wearily go 'sell him and be done with it'. There's a lot more riding on this than just one unhappy player.

 

[totman]

Sadly for you, I've re-posted links about Mamic. But instead of simply taking cheap shots at me Totman, why not also include ZG Spur? Or would he not know? Seriously, have an oinion, but please don't try to continue to
a) ridicule me/my perspective
b) tell people "what I'm going to deny"...

Why don't we agree to settle this down as functioning adults and move on, yeah?

Unfortunately for you, those links just show that you have done the typical 1+1 = 16

Mamic is a dodgy lunatic = Modric is being forced by an Eastern European Mafia to leave Spurs, against his will, and as you claimed last year, he was in fear for his life, and thats why he did what he did.

F#cking comedy hour

 

[Jurgen the German]

Wow, lot of people on TMK's back. Then smarmily congratulating each other about it. Like some teenage tossfest.
Some good posters there too, all very strange, guess the prospect of losing a class player is having an impact.
thfcsteff one of my absolute favourite posters but wittering on about poor Luka and his nasty uncle is comical stuff.
The guy wants to leave, hes being a bit of a dingdong to achieve that - no big deal, someone else will wear his shirt and we can all get on with watching Spurs again.

It's similar to what happened with Berbatov and Danchev. The swear filter was even changed on the old GG to replace the word "C U N T" with "Danchev".

 

[Jurgen the German]

i dont need quotes from modric, actions speak much louder than words... i just need to know that he didnt train and that he didnt fly. whether it is him or his agent pulling the strings is not as important as that fact that the asset is not conforming.

plus the lack of a quote from modric in the midst of this is also not helping.

This

 

[Jurgen the German]

In my opinion?

The player was destabilized Xmas 2010 by an approach from Chelsea via his agent/long-time "influential" figure.
This destabilization continued, in earnest, to last summer, but which time the player was absolutely convinced he would be moving to Chelsea/a massive pile of dough/his agents were delighted because they stood to make a huge amount of money.
The player is, IMHO, consistently advised by his agents how to behave in these summers; I do not think it is in the nature of the player himself to "go on strike"...if it was, he wouldn't have played/been able to perform, last year. He is, IMHO, foolishly acting on advice.

I think today's quotes from Mamic with regards to regular contact from Madrid, and Madrid's intent to now try and lowball us having virtually agreed a deal, point very strongly to the fact that his reps/agents are telling him to "boycott", that "don't worry, it won't be like last summer...'

My personal feeling is that they still don't fully gauge where Levy is at right now.

Finally, to answer your question from my perspective, I do NOT believe that in this instance Modric is putting one foot in front of the other. I believe he is being told where to put his feet.

It is a disgraceful situation all round, and personally, I think scum like his reps should not be anywhere near our great fudging club. I remain entirely ambivalent about the player himself, as his performances have always spoken for him, and were he forced to stay again, I think again he would play very very well.

On wider note, I'll make a personal appeal to this board. Disagree with me, have a laugh, that's all good. But don't try and ridicule my opinion. It's rude and ignorant, and I come here to DISCUSS things, not be ridiculed by smuggies.

Your assuming that the fans would forgive him again. We've seen how football fans will forgive a player once if he performs i.e. Modric, Rooney, but I think most Spurs fans have had enough of him and his antics. They were always be some who will forgive simply because he's a great player just like they would roll out the red carpet for Berbs if he came back, but the bloke clearly does not want to play for Tottenham Hotspur and hasn't done for at least a year.

 

[Sheikh Ma Nuggets]

The Croation mafia!?

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh fudge me, fudge me pink, fudge me sideways...some of you are pure and utter clowns!

I have never read such utter fudging gonads in my entire life.

 

[Jurgen the German]

Absolutely, Ill never understand or agree with this notion that Modric is some blameless pawn in these issues.

He might be naive, he may be flat out stupid - but HE is the one with the power and HE is the one taking these actions.

Also, it's not like the agent is the only person in the world that the player talks to and asks for advice is it? Players will of course talk to their family, friends, teammates and their colleagues and countrymen who play for other teams and in other leagues.

 

[GLENROYID]

I want the little oxygen thief gone.

In 10 years time, Modric would have retired, but tottenham will still be going strong, players come and go, but tottenham are always there.

The sooner we replace him for someone who gives a damn about this club, the better.

 

[billyiddo]

I want the little oxygen thief gone.

In 10 years time, Modric would have retired, but tottenham will still be going strong, players come and go, but tottenham are always there.

The sooner we replace him for someone who gives a damn about this club, the better.

if you had the choice of :

1- selling Modric now at the reduced price Real Madrid are offering (ive seen 27 mil quoted somewhere so let's use that)
or
2- making him stay, as the buying Club will not meet your minimum selling price (again ive seen 35 mil quoted so let's use that)

what would you do ?

 

[Rorschach]

Option 2 even though this hurts us financially. Sell on our terms or not at all.

 

[NaijaSpurs]

Option 2, just to prove to Madrid that they cannot bully us. It is a point of principle, else in a year or two they will try the same thing with Bale or any other quality player we buy or develop

 

[Sheikh Ma Nuggets]

Option 2 even though this hurts us financially. Sell on our terms or not at all.

How so?

Number 1 hurts us financially, as we're selling at a discount. fudge that, we don't need to.

Number 2 all day long; force the cúnt to stay. If he fudges about, no club is gonna continue with an interest, so it's within his interests to keep performing at an attractive level.

 

[billyiddo]

that is 100% the option i would go for as well - make no mistake the odds are in our favor - that's why the parties involved are seemingly resorting to these underhand tactics to get us to lower the price.

Modric can't afford to spend a year playing for our reserves or fudging about in the first team not giving it his all because at his age he needs to be showing potential buyers he is a player that could fit in to their team - so if he is made to stay he will put a shift in as he did this season just gone - there is no reason for us to cave in and let him go for anything less than what we think he is worth to us

 

[Rorschach]

How so?

Number 1 hurts us financially, as we're selling at a discount. fudge that, we don't need to.

Number 2 all day long; force the cúnt to stay. If he fudges about, no club is gonna continue with an interest, so it's within his interests to keep performing at an attractive level.

Right, I should have qualified that in it hurts us financially if we have to buy a replacement because Modric is banished to the reserves or whatever.

 

[Zg Spur]

Re: Will Modric leave now?

Sadly for you, I've re-posted links about Mamic. But instead of simply taking cheap shots at me Totman, why not also include ZG Spur? Or would he not know? Seriously, have an oinion, but please don't try to continue to
a) ridicule me/my perspective
b) tell people "what I'm going to deny"...

Why don't we agree to settle this down as functioning adults and move on, yeah?

Mamic is the brains behind Luka. Anybody who ever spoke to Luka knows he should have been put in a special class...

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[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

Finally, to answer your question from my perspective, I do NOT believe that in this instance Modric is putting one foot in front of the other. I believe he is being told where to put his feet.

It is a disgraceful situation all round, and personally, I think scum like his reps should not be anywhere near our great fudging club. I remain entirely ambivalent about the player himself, as his performances have always spoken for him, and were he forced to stay again, I think again he would play very very well.

On wider note, I'll make a personal appeal to this board. Disagree with me, have a laugh, that's all good. But don't try and ridicule my opinion. It's rude and ignorant, and I come here to DISCUSS things, not be ridiculed by smuggies.

Fundamentally I just cant buy that, that a grown man is acting as proxy for others without any realisation of personal responsibility.

Unless someone is mentally deficient I just cannot comprehend the idea. IMO HE is most certainly responsible for HIS actions. Even if those actions are allowing himself to be lead by others.

Unless Im mistaken your take seems to somehow take this responsibility from his shoulders and put them elsewhere. That just doesnt compute for me at all.

That said, please do not take that as my ridiculing your opinion - even in a case such as this where I flat out disagree I always respect you as a poster.

 

[Roy1983]

We'll agree on a figure with Madrid soon enough Levy isn't stupid. It's a shame it's come to this. Great player for us but his unprofessional attitude is a disgrace to our colours. I didn't sing his name, applaud his name when read out or applaud all one of his goals/assists after last season. This summer has taken my level of disgust for the rat to a new level.

Please get rid of this cancerous disease infecting our club once and for all. £30m?? Accept and move our club on.

 

[Roy1983]

Mamic is the brains behind Luka. Anybody who ever spoke to Luka knows he should have been put in a special class...

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Is he the reason Modric is acting the way he is?

Sent from my 2 bed flat wearing just my pants.

 

[nayimfromthehalfwayline]

This could become a very long and off-topic conversation...you have heard of conditions such as Stockholm Syndrome, right? Obviously I'm not applying that to a very wealthy premiership footballer, but what I am saying is there are things about long-term relationships that can defy both freewill and logic.

Let me ask you; do YOU think Carlos Tevez expected to sit 5 months of the season out? Do you think he, and he alone, made the decisions he made last season? Do you think Joorchabian was uninvolved?

I think Tevez wanted to get his way and did what he could to achieve it. I think it was ultimately his choice to do so, whether it was based upon advice or not.

Much like Modric last season, the result isnt important rather than the motivation when trying to push it.