11:58pm August 31st 2011.
"Sky Sports News is awaiting confirmation of Luka Modric's situation after Chelsea had a £40M bid accepted for the midfielder earlier today."
Sometime between 12:00pm on 1st September and 00:00 3rd September.
Chelsea FC are delighted to announce the signing of Croatian Luka Modric for £40M from Tottenham Hotspur.
Mark my words.
English football has never really embrassed the release clause hence why teams pay over the odds in the PL for other PL teams players. If Modric asked for one then he would be the only player to have one in England so it dosent really make sence. I personly think they should be used all over the globe but England just dont like them.
I never said we were bigger?? I said better, but saying that i wouldnt say we are much smaller than Spurs and im not even sure we would even be smaller now come to think of it.
Please stay at Spurs Modric.
You will cripple Chelsea if you come for Levys asking price, sign Moutinho Roman!
I'm a silent voice of sanity in this saga, why can't I be an 'advisor' to Roman?
If Emenalo and Grant can get that gig why can't I?
umm not really... he had a agreement with Levy and was honourable enough to trust Levy and not put it in his contract, what does he do when a big club like Chelsea want him, obviously he will push for a move, look at it from his POV, last season there was not interest in him or not much anyways but this season we came in with a concrete bid and we want him so I am pretty sure Modric though Levy will honour this agreement
we are not a decent team compared to Spurs, we have a great chance of winning every competition we are part of next season something which Tottenham has a less chance of doing so
and obviously its Levy's fault, Modric says he had a agreement with Levy before he signed the contract and he expected Levy to honour it, it shows that Modric really respected Levy enough to sign a big contract and trusted Levy
Chaz got it spot on. Clubs have been looking at Luka for the best part of two years. He shouldnt have signed such a long contract if he had thoughts of leaving. And Levy is not a person to make "gentlema agreements" he does what he thinks is best for the club. And that is not losing his player for a cut price
11:58pm August 31st 2011.
"Sky Sports News is awaiting confirmation of Luka Modric's situation after Chelsea had a £40M bid accepted for the midfielder earlier today."
Sometime between 12:00pm on 1st September and 00:00 3rd September.
Chelsea FC are delighted to announce the signing of Croatian Luka Modric for £40M from Tottenham Hotspur.
Mark my words.
Can't see Levy making that mistake again.
Fact of the matter is that Luka shouldnt have signed a 6 year contract if he was never planning to honour it. Don't make up imaginary gentlemen's agreements as well to try and make out as if your being bullied into staying. No-one forced you to sign the contract and now that you have, we will only sell you when the deal suits us. As if Levy would even contemplate that supposed 'agreement'.
Total bs.
Can't see Levy making that mistake again.
Fact of the matter is that Luka shouldnt have signed a 6 year contract if he was never planning to honour it. Don't make up imaginary gentlemen's agreements as well to try and make out as if your being bullied into staying. No-one forced you to sign the contract and now that you have, we will only sell you when the deal suits us. As if Levy would even contemplate that supposed 'agreement'.
Total bs.
So He signed a long term contract just a year ago which counts for nothing as a big club wants him now? Why did he sign the contract in the first place, that too 6 year contract.
So we have to believe there was a gentlemen agreement between them. I'm not buying it as Modric would have made them to put it in the contract as Agents and players are way to clever..
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Agree with this. Levy is not that sort of a chairman like Whelan. He does what is best for the club and infact he is taking Spurs in the right direction. I dont think he will make promises of letting his players go..
he had a 'gentlemans' agreement with Levy that if a bigger club comes for him, Spurs would allow him to go before he signed the contract, its not his fault Levy is giving a twisted version of events to the media and not honouring their agreement
Do you get delusion free with your home shirt? Since Mike Ashley no Newcastle fan with any sense expects anything. Every toon fan I spoke to about last season expected us to go down. Every spurs fan that opened their trap (which was btw, all of them, all of the time) expected to be in the top 2, were already rubbing it in Arsenals faces, and were expecting world class players to be on their way to WHL. Im still pinching myself that we managed to convince Cabaye and HBA to sign for us, you're angry that Modric (whos been with you silently for years, could of moved on ages ago) now wants to go to a big club.
Wouldn't know, since I haven't spent any money on a football shirt since I was a child. They look grotesque on adults, in my opinion.
I guess you returned my massive stereotype with your own, which is fair enough, but claiming that all Tottenham fans 'expected' top 2 is laughable, when the majority were hopeful of top 4, and barely expectant of that. I will deny your claim that I am supposedly "angry" about Modric wanting a move though; considering I've barely flinched at the news over the past couple of weeks.
Andddddd on that note, I suppose we're done here. It's become quite obvious to me over past discussions that you dislike Tottenham Hotspur as a club, and I know better than to try and debate sensibly with someone of your ilk.
how do u know the agreement is total bs... trouble is that as soon as players want to move on to bigger clubs, none of the fans understand their reasons and jump on their backs, he is being bullied into staying as Levy is apparently threatening to put him in the stands if he pushes for a move, agreed he should not have signed the contract but I find it hard to believe he would have done so without having a sort of agreement with Levy before-hand, he trusted Levy and now it looks like Levy is the one who is playing the villain forcing Modric to stay and it is already apparent that Levy fed total bs to the media after their supposed crisis talks
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Actually, it may be the simple matter that Modric trusted Levy to do whats best for his career and sell him if a big offer came in, now it seems its Levy who is not honouring the deal
You see, there are so so many things fundamentally wrong with everything you are saying.
Ever heard of Daniel Levy? Probably the smartest chairmen in the league and I can pretty much say that I am sure he wouldn't have made such a ridiculous agreement. This is clearly Modric trying to twist the tides and make him seem innocent and being trapped against his will.
Even if Levy agreed to sell him if a big offer came in...There hasn't been one! 22m is beyond a ******* joke. What is Modric valued at, 30m? So why should we sell our best player for what hes worth when hes tied down for 5 years? If you had a house and you were happy there and it was worth 500k, and someone offered 500k...you would turn it down. In order for you to sell your best players teams have to bid far more than they are worth so that it is a beneficial deal for both parties where this clearly isnt!
All the Chelsea fans are so ridiculously blinded here, we should sell our best player for a price that is insulting and poor little Modric is being held after his will after signing a 6 year deal 1 year ago.
If you dont intend to honour it, then don't sign it.
Put up or **** off Chelsea.