Goodbye Luka
Dear Daniel Levy,
Please sell Luka Modric ASAP.
Regards,
A disgruntled Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
That is a letter (albeit a very short one) I thought I’d never want or have to write. As a long-suffering Tottenham Hotspur supporter the recent shenanigans involving Luke Modric and his on/off transfer to Chelsea has left a sour taste in the mouth. Since signing for Tottenham, the little Croatian playmaker has developed into one of the most influential midfield players on the continent. He has been Spurs best and most productive midfielder in his short time at White Hart Lane and endeared himself to the home supporters with a succession of consistent displays.
Modric’s ability to link up with strikers such as Robbie Keane, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter Crouch or play in the hole just behind a lone striker has been hugely instrumental in helping Spurs maintain their lofty position in the Barclays Premier League table over the past number of seasons. The diminutive midfielder was the best player on view in Croatia’s recent friendly with the Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium but has played only fleetingly for Spurs during the close season once Chelsea’s interest became public. I found myself sighing loudly every time Modric got on the ball in Dublin as he was always a step ahead of the Irish midfielder and made the Croatian side tick with his probing passing and darting runs.
WIZARD
Once the Pensioners had lodged an initial bid for Modric I and many Spurs fans realised it was only a matter of time before the midfield wizard would be making his way to Stamford Bridge. Who can blame Modric? From the players point of view an opportunity to triple your wages, play regularly in the Champions League and push for the Premier League title is hard to turn down. From his own personal point of view Modric’s family would not necessarily have to move from their current base in London and an opportunity to play behind Torres, Anelka and Drogba must be a mouth-watering one for the little Croat.
Many Spurs fans are enraged at the prospect of losing Modric to Chelsea, which is understandable for two very important reasons. Spurs do not want to or should not be selling their best players to clubs in the top four in the Premier League as it is becoming increasingly difficult to match the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City’s spending. The second point is a more significant one as the sale of Modric automatically weakens the first team and will only serve to put doubts in the minds of Tottenham’s other marquee players such as Gareth Bale and Rafael Van Der Vaart. As soon as the Modric deal goes through you can be certain the English tabloids will turn their attention to Bale and the top European club / destination will be.
Harry Redknapp and Daniel Levy have gone on record on numerous occasions during the summer to state Modric would not be sold. Their position softened somewhat with both Director and Manager concentrating in recent weeks on the size of Chelsea’s bids that they deemed unacceptable. Reading between the lines the pronouncements of not selling Tottenham’s best players moved quickly to the size of Chelsea’s bids and now reports have surfaced of Redknapp’s admittance that 30 million plus would help Spurs buy a couple of players should the transfer go through. From an economic point of view Spurs will more than likely double the money they paid for the Croatian international if Modric move to Chelsea.
SPECULATION
From my point of view, as a Spurs supporter, I will be devastated to lose a player of the calibre of Modric. Not being able to play Modric in recent weeks and the distraction of all the transfer speculation that his presence is creating at White Hart Lane is doing the club little good. There are only a few weeks left in the transfer window meaning Redknapp and Levy have little time to find adequate replacement(s) should Modric move in the coming days. Chelsea’s decision to sign Juan Mata from Valencia will not dissuade Andres Villas-Boas from getting his man as the Portuguese manager is already on record with his admiration for the Spurs midfielder.
The money raised from the sale of Luka Modric would allow Spurs to strengthen in other areas such as attack (a replacement for Robbie Keane is needed) and in defence where experienced cover for he likes of Michael Dawson and Ledley King would be most welcome. Tottenham supporters should also note that there is ample midfield cover (although nowhere near as talented) at the cub with the likes of Steven Pienaar, Jermaine Jenas and Sandro set to return from injury. Fellow Croatian Niko Kranjcar has long been touted as another player likely to move on from North London but should Modric leave then his fellow compatriot is perfectly placed to play his way into the first team.
CONCLUSION
The sale of Luka Modric to Chelsea is going to happen and Spurs fans need to accept the inevitable and move on. What Tottenham Hotspur FC needs now is a speedy resolution to the saga. Chairman Daniel Levy must get the best possible price for the Croatian from Chelsea and manager Harry Redknapp must invest the money wisely and quickly before Spurs season progresses any further. Thankfully both Levy and Redknapp are experts in their respective jobs and I have every faith that the transfer fee will be wisely reinvested.
As for Luka Modric, well it will be difficult to watch the diminutive midfielder in a Chelsea kit but he has given spurs fans 100% every time he has pulled on the jersey and deserves to play in the Champions League.
Dear Luka Modric,
Thanks for the memories.
Regards,
An appreciative Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
I dont agree, what needs to be done is a sit down with Modric, give him a pay rise, make him the highest paid player at Tottenham. Convince him the future here is the place to be, then string Chelsea along until the last minute and tell them to go away right at the end of the transfer window.
y didnt man u hold ronaldo
Good piece. My comment: I am now getting fed up of Harry even talking about Modric. Why doesn’t he just either say “the chairman’s said he’s not for sale, so that’s that”, or “no comment”.
He needs to pull his finger out with buying and getting rid of the driftwood. Every other team manages to sell their players at an unbelievable price and we sell our’s for peanuts.
OK, Modders double the £16m we paid for him. looks like Bentley £2m which is a £10m loss. Need I say more?
If they (Levy and Harry) had pulled their fingers out last winter then we would not be in this mess anyway. I should also add so shoud our forward line pulled theirs out too.
Had we of bought a forward and got fourth place which we were capable of then MC wouldn’t have managed to attract their top players quite so easily without CL football.
Simply put: Harry/Levy either put up or shut up.
From a 56-year-old long-time suffering Spurs fan . . .
Couldn’t disagree more.
Are you really a Spurs supporter? He deserves to play in the CL? He should have got us there last season then.
Why “HE DESERVES” to play in the CL. Doesn’t the team he signed a 6-year contract with last season “DESERVE” to have him at least honour part of that contract? And yes, I am a Spurs supporter and have been for 50 years, watched them everywhere and travel 250 miles roundtrip to WHL.
Levy mustn’t sell. It will be Bale next, then Sandro, and anyone else Man U/C or Chelsea fancy. If we want to progress then stick to your guns Levy – if he won’t play fine him – he’ll still be a saleable player whether he plays 1st football or not so don’t worry.
We have to compete with Arsenal and Liverpool for 4th. So tank you Chelsea but no thank you!
Let’s just tell the little vunt to fuck off,and give Him as much stick as we can when he comes back to the lane
Have to say I cannot understand the vitriol being levelled at Modric. What is he supposed to do? A chance to treble his wages and play in the CL?
Spurs should hold out for 35 million and reinvest in 2 or 3 players we badly need.
Giving out about a modern day Premier League footballer ‘honouring’ his contract is laughable. Just look at Nasri, Fabregas etc.
The modern game is all about MONEY and until Spurs pay the top wages transfers such as Modric’s will continue to happen.
Spurs must NOT sell their best players full stop. Modric must stay and honour his contract. He signed the feckin thing so shut up and get on with it. I am sick to death of this subject. Mr Levy, Harry, sort this now and concentrate on bringing in new talent and ditching our ever increasing list of deadwood.
Nuff said?
gud let him go and sign another atleast sandro and pinnar cn do beta
Goodbye Luka
AUGUST 23RD, 2011 BY GER
MCCARTHY
Dear Daniel Levy,
Please sell Luka Modric ASAP.
Regards,
A disgruntled Tottenham Hotspur
supporter.
That is a letter (albeit a very short
one) I thought I’d never want or
have to write. As a long-suffering
Tottenham Hotspur supporter
the recent shenanigans involving
Luke Modric and his on/off
transfer to Chelsea has left a sour
taste in the mouth. Since signing
for Tottenham, the little Croatian
playmaker has developed into
one of the most influential
midfield players on the continent.
He has been Spurs best and most
productive midfielder in his short
time at White Hart Lane and
endeared himself to the home
supporters with a succession of
consistent displays.
Modric’s ability to link up with
strikers such as Robbie Keane,
Roman Pavlyuchenko and Peter
Crouch or play in the hole just
behind a lone striker has been
hugely instrumental in helping
Spurs maintain their lofty
position in the Barclays Premier
League table over the past
number of seasons. The
diminutive midfielder was the
best player on view in Croatia’s
recent friendly with the Republic
of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium
but has played only fleetingly for
Spurs during the close season
once Chelsea’s interest became
public. I found myself sighing
loudly every time Modric got on
the ball in Dublin as he was
always a step ahead of the Irish
midfielder and made the Croatian
side tick with his probing
passing and darting runs.
WIZARD
Once the Pensioners had lodged
an initial bid for Modric I and
many Spurs fans realised it was
only a matter of time before the
midfield wizard would be
making his way to Stamford
Bridge. Who can blame Modric?
From the players point of view an
opportunity to triple your wages,
play regularly in the Champions
League and push for the Premier
League title is hard to turn down.
From his own personal point of
view Modric’s family would not
necessarily have to move from
their current base in London and
an opportunity to play behind
Torres, Anelka and Drogba must
be a mouth-watering one for the
little Croat.
Many Spurs fans are enraged at
the prospect of losing Modric to
Chelsea, which is understandable
for two very important reasons.
Spurs do not want to or should
not be selling their best players
to clubs in the top four in the
Premier League as it is becoming
increasingly difficult to match the
likes of Liverpool and Manchester
City’s spending. The second point
is a more significant one as the
sale of Modric automatically
weakens the first team and will
only serve to put doubts in the
minds of Tottenham’s other
marquee players such as Gareth
Bale and Rafael Van Der Vaart. As
soon as the Modric deal goes
through you can be certain the
English tabloids will turn their
attention to Bale and the top
European club / destination will
be.
Harry Redknapp and Daniel Levy
have gone on record on
numerous occasions during the
summer to state Modric would
not be sold. Their position
softened somewhat with both
Director and Manager
concentrating in recent weeks
on the size of Chelsea’s bids that
they deemed unacceptable.
Reading between the lines the
pronouncements of not selling
Tottenham’s best players moved
quickly to the size of Chelsea’s
bids and now reports have
surfaced of Redknapp’s
admittance that 30 million plus
would help Spurs buy a couple of
players should the transfer go
through. From an economic
point of view Spurs will more
than likely double the money they
paid for the Croatian
international if Modric move to
Chelsea.
SPECULATION
From my point of view, as a
Spurs supporter, I will be
devastated to lose a player of the
calibre of Modric. Not being able
to play Modric in recent weeks
and the distraction of all the
transfer speculation that his
presence is creating at White
Hart Lane is doing the club little
good. There are only a few
weeks left in the transfer
window meaning Redknapp and
Levy have little time to find
adequate replacement(s) should
Modric move in the coming days.
Chelsea’s decision to sign Juan
Mata from Valencia will not
dissuade Andres Villas-Boas from
getting his man as the
Portuguese manager is already
on record with his admiration
for the Spurs midfielder.
The money raised from the sale
of Luka Modric would allow
Spurs to strengthen in other
areas such as attack (a
replacement for Robbie Keane is
needed) and in defence where
experienced cover for he likes of
Michael Dawson and Ledley King
would be most welcome.
Tottenham supporters should
also note that there is ample
midfield cover (although
nowhere near as talented) at the
cub with the likes of Steven
Pienaar, Jermaine Jenas and
Sandro set to return from injury.
Fellow Croatian Niko Kranjcar has
long been touted as another
player likely to move on from
North London but should Modric
leave then his fellow compatriot
is perfectly placed to play his way
into the first team.
CONCLUSION
The sale of Luka Modric to
Chelsea is going to happen and
Spurs fans need to accept the
inevitable and move on. What
Tottenham Hotspur FC needs
now is a speedy resolution to the
saga. Chairman Daniel Levy must
get the best possible price for
the Croatian from Chelsea and
manager Harry Redknapp must
invest the money wisely and
quickly before Spurs season
progresses any further.
Thankfully both Levy and
Redknapp are experts in their
respective jobs and I have every
faith that the transfer fee will be
wisely reinvested.
As for Luka Modric, well it will be
difficult to watch the diminutive
midfielder in a Chelsea kit but he
has given spurs fans 100% every
time he has pulled on the jersey
and deserves to play in the
Champions League.
Dear Luka Modric,
Thanks for the memories.
Is a difficult tax for levy & harry; but they “levy & harry” has to accept the envitable end by letting go 2 were he “modric”desires 2 go
as a chelsea fan who doesn’t hate spurs, i think this is a good piece — makes clear that spurs get something; modric gets what he wants and hopefully chelsea will see some good years out of him too.
Spurs are a good team — you’ve doubled your money on him and he’s earned from helping get you into CL —
Spurs can easily come fourth this year and be the biggest north london club —– they need to win more one nils grind out more results – its the 2-1′s at wigan that really count for fourth —-the pl is a grind out league — that’s what to me, let you down last year
whether modric stays or goes won’t affect that — its down to harry and the team –
I cant wait 2 see modric in blues’ shirt.gud bye spurs
If Modric wants to go then you have to let him go, he’s not your indentured servant. I don’t understand why fans get so precious about the contracts that players sign, calling wantaways traitors (or “vunts” in Phill Blondell’s case) – the most important thing about modern football contracts is that they ensure (if properly administered) that clubs investment in their players is protected ie if another club wants your player and he wants to leave then substantial amounts of money get laid on the table.
Modric isn’t a traitor to your club, the length of the contract he has signed means you will get adequate compensation for him. He’s Croatian and your club meant nothing to him before he joined you, now he wants a new challenge, a step up and a pay rise. These are all concepts any of us with a career can surely understand? Players move – we had to sell Robben, Man U Ronaldo, Man City Robinho, Arsenal Henry. This is life! Chin up.
Sell up now and use that money to improve your club!
Levy pays Modric less than Robbie Savage was earning a couple of years ago, and then is surprised the player wants to leave. Laughable.
Tnks! Herry Redknapp. U ar wellcom Luka modric
Remember that he had a gentlemans’ agreement with the chairman to listen to reasonable offers, hence his signing a new contract.
luka is definately world class,no doubt! however spurs clinging on the little croat from a move that offers better opportunities is not surprising! this is not the first time spurs do such hefty business,the transfer of carrick and berbatov was rocked by such from spurs! luka came to england to work and spurs has been under paying him!
Modric wants to go and Spurs may not ever get a better price for him than the £30m on the table – Which considering Fabregas was only worth £34m seems a pretty good deal.
http://footballfollower.com/football-blog/why-spurs-should-sell-luka-modric/