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Modric - No Longer A Spurs Player

AVB interview in short:

It was Levy who took the decision to fine Modric - he's not sure of the exact amount
Quite liked how he said that the situation was nothing to do with Spurs any more, either that the interested clubs would meet our valuation or Modric would return to training - sticking to our guns and staying firm on our negotiating position.
 
Trouble is everything plays into Real's hands. If PSG want him, Luka doesn't want to go there. If Chelsea want him, we don't want to sell him to them. So Real are in a strong position. But he still has many years left.

Thought AVB did well. Came across well, very professional.
 
Not a particularly enlightening interview.


Avb was complimentary about Modric.. and did hint at 'wondering where he is getting advice from'..



That'll be back on the menu tomorrow i guess...
 
SUIYHA said:
AVB interview in short:

It was Levy who took the decision to fine Modric - he's not sure of the exact amount
Quite liked how he said that the situation was nothing to do with Spurs any more, either that the interested clubs would meet our valuation or Modric would return to training - sticking to our guns and staying firm on our negotiating position.
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Probably a wise move to get that out there, with AVB's man management skills questioned by the media at every turn.
 
diego_maradona said:
Trouble is everything plays into Real's hands. If PSG want him, Luka doesn't want to go there. If Chelsea want him, we don't want to sell him to them. So Real are in a strong position. But he still has many years left.

Thought AVB did well. Came across well, very professional.
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Not at all.

Modric wants a move - we know that. But we're NOT obliged to bend over and wait for his choice of club to come and lube us up - fudge that. If he wants a move - okay, Luka, have your move.

However, you go and make damn sure that whichever club you suddenly have an affinity for are willing to pay what we decide to be your vaulation, or else you're staying here.

4 years is a long time to be lonely; we'll win, we always do.
 
africanspurs said:
you're the guy that said modric aint done nothing
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I never said this and both you and Sheikh know that very well. Yet you keep attributing such a stance to me. =D>

I am sorry I don't fit into your system of how forum posters should behave. Either pro this or anti that, be it Harry Redknapp, AVB, Defoe, Modric, tactics or transfers.

Of course to you I am allready branded 'revisionist' and something alone the lines of 'deluded Luka Modric fanboy', and that is all well, I am really not active enough on this forum to be bothered by that.


As for your question; how do I react to Luka Modric refusing to travel to the US, refusing to train in order to force a move to Real Madrid for too low a fee for us is depending on a lot of variables. But let us think of the worst case scenario for me. Luka Modric actively forces this along. If that is the case I want him sold, nowhere near the squad and out the PL as fast as possible.

And I can say that without changing my stance one tiny little bit.
 
I'm loving that club statement. True, it does acknowledge that things are strained (contravening the 'no dirty laundry in public' rule well-run football clubs follow), but it was common knowledge anyway. What's more important is that, in two rather curt lines, the club's issued a giant 'fudge you' statement to Luka, his agent and Florentino Perez.

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Tottenham's André Villas-Boas stands firm over Luka Modric 'revolt'

• Spurs will sell midfielder only if £40m prize tag is met
• Scott Parker set to miss start of season due to surgery

André Villas-Boas said on Monday that Tottenham Hotspur will not be swayed by Luka Modric's "revolt" as the midfielder attempts to force through a move to Real Madrid by refusing to train with the first-team squad.

Tottenham's manager said the club regarded Modric as unprofessional for failing to turn up to training and missing the squad's flight to Los Angeles, where they face LA Galaxy in a friendly on Tuesday. The Croatia international will be fined two weeks' wages, amounting to £80,000.

Spurs are also without Scott Parker, who is set to undergo surgery that would lead him to miss the start of the domestic season and England's friendly against Italy in Switzerland on 15 August. He could also be ruled out of the first two World Cup qualifiers, away to Moldova and at home to Ukraine, on 7 and 11 September. The midfielder suffered from a persistent achilles problem during the latter stages of last season and Euro 2012.

"There might be a small tear on his achilles – we are at the moment evaluating the situation regarding a possible operation that can take four to six weeks normally to heal," Villas-Boas said.

The relationship between Tottenham and Modric looks to be fractured beyond repair given both parties' entrenched positions. Villas-Boas said the club will sell their playmaker only if they receive an offer that meets their valuation – around £40m. After missing out on a move to Chelsea last summer because Tottenham refused to let him leave, the player wants a higher wage and Champions League football.

However, he is under contract until 2016 so Daniel Levy, the Tottenham chairman, feels under no compulsion to sell at a knock-down price.

"There are clubs interested in him but we have to hold on to our values and our rights and at the moment the situation for Luka is he is under club discipline," Villas-Boas said. "Unfortunately for him he's going to have to be fined for not being present.

"He's a player who has offered so much for Tottenham so we have a sense of respect for what he's done over the years for us but the chairman feels that the fact that he's not present is not common professional behaviour. The situation can be solved in two ways, the two ways being that the clubs interested meet the demands of Tottenham regarding the player's value or the player continues and returns to the club," he added.

Modric was reported to have flown to Croatia rather than California last week, though Villas-Boas said on Monday that he understood the 26-year-old is back in London. Chelsea, after signing Eden Hazard and Marko Marin this summer and with Oscar poised to arrive, are well stocked in midfield, making Real the most realistic destination for Modric, although Paris Saint-Germain also have the financial muscle to make a strong bid. Levy does not want to sell to a Premier League rival.

"Hopefully this is a situation that won't drag on for long," Villas-Boas said. "The situation is not dependent on Tottenham, it's dependent on the clubs who are interested in the player. This type of player revolt is not new but I think that clubs have to protect themselves. There's plenty of time in the market.

"It's the first time unfortunately for Luka that he takes these actions. I think the chairman and myself have been very open by saying we are willing to listen to offers for the player, which is uncommon, I think. He's had many interests in the past like last year but he has always behaved professionally. We never doubted his human qualities so we don't know what kind of advice he's receiving."

Villas-Boas is keen on signing Emmanuel Adebayor from Emirates Marketing Project on a permanent basis after his successful loan spell last season. However, the striker's £170,000-a-week wages are the stumbling block. "There is obvious interest from us but it doesn't mean that we go down that route," Villas-Boas said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jul/23/tottenham-andre-villas-boas-luka-modric

REVOLT!!!
 
Sheikh Ma Nuggets said:
Not at all.

Modric wants a move - we know that. But we're NOT obliged to bend over and wait for his choice of club to come and lube us up - fudge that. If he wants a move - okay, Luka, have your move.

However, you go and make damn sure that whichever club you suddenly have an affinity for are willing to pay what we decide to be your vaulation, or else you're staying here.

4 years is a long time to be lonely; we'll win, we always do.
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I agree. I think Real probably feel they are in a strong bargaining tool as now we are left with a player who is unhappy and wants to leave and we are only willing to sell to them. But your absolutely right, we don't have to bend over at all. He will knuckle down and do a good job for us because that's all he can do and that is what he is paid to do.

I would still much prefer to just get rid now and get a settled side who want to move in the same direction.
 
I do love the whole 'coaches will decide the best pre-season preparations for him' thing though. I have this image in my head of Luka dragging himself up and down the Lodge pitch at 2 am with our new assistant manager jogging behind him yelling 'ARBEIT!' with a megaphone. :D
 
nayimfromthehalfwayline said:
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.
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Wouldn't ever view you as ridiculing mate, your use of language doesn't even come close to suggesting that. It's a disagreement/discussion, and good lord, if we can't have those once in a while, then what hope for mankind eh? All good my friend...
 
nayimfromthehalfwayline said:
Unless I am mistaken that's exactly the message from a few on here, Steff, Zg
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Nope. Jordy framed it perfectly. I said that Modric was NOT 100% calling his shots, that he was being steered/advised/corralled...put it this way, I do not think that Luka Modric would've gone on strike without pressure from his "people" and Madrid via his "people"...his "people" have a great influence on his life. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed...
 
Sheikh Ma Nuggets said:
It's an analogy to illustrate how some of you seemingly don't have a clue how to make an assumption of any sort; instead you need to be spoonfed absolutely everything. You've no idea how to relate your experience or intuition into judgement.

What's just dawning on you guys, dawned on everyone else 48hrs ago.

That's life though; some are painfully slower than others.
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Your arrogance is breathtaking. Some advice. Stop talking in riddles, stop being overbearingly rude to everyone and start making your point clearly so as it's a discussion people can actually have.
 
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