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Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527

Which player would you like to see take over from Luka Modric?

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Madrid do have a point, factually they did give us VDV for a cut down price, but it wasnt out of the goodness of their hearts ffs.
 
Sheikh Ma Nuggets said:
Quite. They should ask Luka his experience of Daniel's 'gentleman's agreements'
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I heard David Moyes being interviewed before our match at Goodisn and he said they had a gentleman's agreement with us that we wouldn't play Saha, unless we had no one else available. Did anyone else see this? As i remember it, it was part of them agreeing to cancel his contract. We did use him as a sub in that match, iirc.
 
If PSG or Anzhi or some other club somewhere makes a bid for Modric that is bigger than what Real bids then he can either go there or stay.
 
Sheikh Ma Nuggets said:
True.

But it can also work both ways; we could say to Modric that we'll only ever accept whichever deal is in the best interests of Tottenham Hotspur, and if that doesn't suit him, then he doesn't go anywhere. He can't complain about restraint of trade, as we've invited offers to come in for him; but we're not obliged to accept those which are not in our interests.

Bit of a poker game going on I reckon. But I'd say Modric is the one who is most at risk here; he's the pawn in a game of Russian roulette between Real Madrid and ourselves. But if both sides stick to their guns, then Modric ends up staying where he is - which, for him, would be quite an untenable position.

Our strength comes in the fact that, financially, we don't need to sell. We demonstrated this last summer by rejecting £40m from Chelsea. Real Madrid are used to the scenario whereby their money is too hard to refuse, but - in this situation - we can quite happily say no to them. So it's upto them to raise their offer to one which meets our expectations, or - at least - those which are speculated to be in the offing from either PSG or Man Utd.

I think PSG and Man Utd definitely have interest, but their lack of an official approach is probably due to the fact that Modric's advisors will have told them that they'd rather see whether they can move the player to Real Madrid first, as it's his preferred destination; no point soliciting Modric with offers from other clubs, if his mind is set on Real Madrid.

However, if things break down with Real Madrid, then Modric is forced into considering these other clubs. We're still in a strong position though, as those other clubs will know that we reason a deal wasn't done with Real Madrid was because they didn't meet our valuation. All bets are off then, because it becomes a true auction, other than this exclusive nonsense which Modric is seeking to achieve.

Levy is a smart cookie though, and he'll recall how - 12mths ago - this exclusivity was afforded to Chelsea. Therein, Modric seems to change his affinity like the wind, so what's to suggest that he couldn't suddenly develop a great passion for Manchester or Paris?
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Sheikh - I totally agree and at the moment we have all the power but there comes a point, a tipping point, where the power will transfer simply because Modric wouldnt sign a contract extension and we wouldnt get anywhere near what we would get now. Manure aint an option as im sure we dont want to sell to another club in the same league.

There is still four years (I think) maybe he stays this season, providing Madrid dont offer what we want, and we are successful and he decides to stay longer term. I am just fearful that Madrid will offer what we want last day of the window and we have no one lined up for replacement.
 
DHSF said:
Sheikh - I totally agree and at the moment we have all the power but there comes a point, a tipping point, where the power will transfer simply because Modric wouldnt sign a contract extension and we wouldnt get anywhere near what we would get now. Manure aint an option as im sure we dont want to sell to another club in the same league.

There is still four years (I think) maybe he stays this season, providing Madrid dont offer what we want, and we are successful and he decides to stay longer term. I am just fearful that Madrid will offer what we want last day of the window and we have no one lined up for replacement.
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That of course is a risk, but one which we could mitigate by using tactics which other clubs employ: set a deadline. If there isn't a bid before such a date that we deem acceptable, then we act again in the best interests of the club, and terminate all ideas of a transfer. The problem though, is that our experience of Levy is such that - regardless of selection consequences - he does seem to place financial reward as paramount, therefore there's no guarantees that he wouldn't just cave in should there be a last minute megabid from Real Madrid (or whoever)

4 years on his contract is plenty of time I'd say. Even if he expired another year, 3yrs is still a handy enough bargaining tool when it comes to valuation; just look at how much Van Persie is still commanding in a transfer fee, and yet he only has a year left on his. So I wouldn't worry too much: yes we might not get £40m, but we would get £30m and if that £10m differential resulted in us qualifying for the Champions League then, in reality, it's a decent decision.

I think he'll go though, it's just a case of to whom, and when. I'm not convinced it'll be Real Madrid; they've seriously low-balled us - using the same derisory tactics as Chelsea, and that's only ever going to get Levy's back up. And I very much doubt Levy cares whether he went to Man Utd, as long as the money was right. All about the benjamins for Danny boy.
 
From twitter

Adebayor will be at WHL on Monday for talks with the club. He will take a pay cut but wants his charity payments covered #thfc
 
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