Luka Modric’s name has been in the deadline a lot today after the player announced that he wants to leave Tottenham to play in the Champions League and Chelsea are his current preference, but Spurs’ Chairman Daniel Levy responded to speculation saying that the north London club won’t be selling the Croatian midfield star.
Modric, 25, is currently a target of both Chelsea and Manchester United, had said:
“I would like to go to Chelsea. A lot of players would like to go there and play for Chelsea because it is one of the best clubs in the world, and so do I. I would like to play there. But we will see what will happen.
“Chelsea are a great club, they play in the Champions League every year, they have great players, they are ambitious and have an ambitious owner who wants to invest in the club and make it win the Champions League, the Premier League and other titles.
They are going in a great direction and everything about the club is very good. They [Chelsea] are the only one who sent an offer and they are at the moment my first choice.”
He added:
“I need to speak to the chairman and see his view on everything because last year, when I signed a contract extension, I spoke with him and said, ‘If something comes to the club, if some big clubs make an offer for me and want to buy me [then I would like to listen]’. He said we will sit, speak and see what is the best option for both Tottenham and for me.”
Levy responded by releasing an official statement from the club that said they will not be considering any offers for the player, which contradicted Modric’s claim that he had an agreement with the club to consider any offers that came in for him. The statement read:
“In respect of Luka Modric, we are not prepared to sell, at any price, to Chelsea Football Club or any other club. We made our stance on this issue abundantly clear in writing to Chelsea. They chose to ignore it and then subsequently made the offer public.
“For the avoidance of any doubt, let me reiterate that we shall not enter into any negotiations whatsoever, with any club, regarding Luka. We now consider this matter closed.”
Personally, I think Levy is just covering his tracks and it’d be naïve to think this transfer story is over. He’s a businessman and his words are an attempt to separate responsibility from the board and making the player look like the bad guy if he’s forced to ask for a move, whilst issuing a statement to the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United saying that they will command a huge fee for the Croatian, who has already made his feelings clear and when that happens it usually always ends the same way… eventually.
However, despite his current preference for Chelsea, a move up north to Manchester United can’t be ruled out.
Chelsea pls go for luka again and again becos he is good.
let him go to chelsea,Levy!!!when the player need a move…he shows that,he want more challenge…he enjoy playing champions league…he want to do that again….so,chelsea could make his dream move…the team also desperate to have such a young,creative midfielder and comfortable with the ball…come to chelsea and you will be great addition to the squad…BLUE IS THE COLOUR!!!
I am a Chelsea fan by heart and its kinda absurd hearing people bashing Chelsea just because of one season without winning any silverware, failing to win the Champions League yet again and also because of the(£50m) signing of Torres who didn’t show any sign of his goal scoring prowess that he has shown when he was playing at Liverpool. I really like Modric and i would also like to see him in a Chelsea shirt,but at the same time i think Sneijder would be a better fit.
Sneijder has the leadership role in him to will a team to win when they’re down. So having a player like him and Terry on the pitch at the same time would be a boost to our confidence in which we are definately lacking at the moment. Sneijder behind two strikers like Sturridge and Drogba/Torres would surely cure our goal drought.
Chelsea should keep on preasurise,since modric has make up his mind 2 leave & join a big club like chelsea, it’s every body prayer dt God should locate him/4 better, so l don’t see d reason why some will force him 2 stay.
Chelsea has not said anything public, only Modric, Rednapp, and Levy have. Once a player declares his desire to play elsewhere you have to let him go. It makes no sense to keep a player against his will. Such a player only becomes a liability to his team. Everyone knows this. The best thing for Tottenham is to take the money and use it well. When a player goes public, like Modric has, its game over.