For 30m + Park, I'd choose Bale over Modric.
Sneijder or Modric?
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That would create more problems than it would solve.
I'd like Park to retire here. A classy player. Great to have had one of the best Asians ever to have played his best football for us.
30mil+valencia?
Valencia would easily fetch 20mil in the current market if not more. That'd make it a total of around 50mil. He's not worth anything even close to that.
If they want £30m + Valencia, they can go suck a dick. He is not worth that much. What do you think Valencia is worth? £5m? £10m?
Fair enough. If you actually watch him for a prolonged period of time and live, I think you'd change your mind though. His fellow professionals and managers (including your own) absolutely rave about him and with good reason.
feck me, how big was your complex when Real came knocking for Ronaldo then?
I'm sorry though, we'll make sure to lay down like a good club next time and drop our shorts for moneybags clubs.
He is not the Glaston but he is the Glastons African cousin!
Getting rid of Park seems a bit silly, he provides something in terms of additional cover and work rate that few in Europe can match, and he's proven it time and time again. He's not exactly pacey and stamina tends to fade slower than speed does so he should be a useful player for several years more to come.
Not to mention, we really have a tremendously multidimensional group of wingers right now who have been probably our biggest bright spot this season. To my eyes, I would love to see nothing change about our wingers in the near future.
Not to mention, we really have a tremendously multidimensional group of wingers right now who have been probably our biggest bright spot this season. To my eyes, I would love to see nothing change about our wingers in the near future.
According to the Italian media Sneijder may soon be on sale
Inter: Lavezzi-Sneijder, l'ora delle scelte | Mercato | Calciomercato.com
Inter: Lavezzi-Sneijder, l'ora delle scelte | Mercato | Calciomercato.com
Who, apart from 'arry, is likely to invest in him given his injuries in the past year or so?
The Sneijder boat has sailed. We need to focus on one of Modric or Bale come the summer
We normally buy players who most transfer muppets who squat in these threads know little about. That suggests that Sneijder and Modric are no more than fap talk, like hundreds of other threads about other players that never materialized.
You're right. However I wont be surprised if we end up signing Sneijder. Inter wants to sell him, Sneijder wants to leave, United want an experienced head to guide the kids to the right direction and a creative beacon in CM. Unless Shitty start sniffing around him then I can see it happen this time round
I have doubts whether he's the player we need though. He's a bit of injury prone and he's an attacking midfielder (he hates playing deeper)
It's only a ball park figure more to show what sort of deals we could do. End of the day if we want modric he's gonna cost big. I don't think we should break the bank for him but if we did seriously want him it's gonna cost a lot
Yeah despite how much I like modric I wouldn't want us to spend loads to get him, I don't think we're that desperate. I'm sure there are other players of his mould out there who just need the right platform to show what they can do.
Chelsea should sign sneijder - would be perfect replacement for lampard
Bale & Modric together would be nice
Why the feck are people so obsessed with Bale all of a sudden? Because he scored twice yesterday?
I don't know if you've missed this, but we still need to strengthen in central fecking midfield.
I don't know if you've missed this, but we still need to strengthen in central fecking midfield.
Forget Modric, Anderson isn't injured he's in an underground bunker at Carrington having Scholes' football brain downhloaded into his head. Meanwhile Fergie is using the Modric smokescreen to tap Sandro up Ninja style.
Would be absolutely delighted if Bale signs a life-time contract or moves to another big club so that we have absolutely no chance of getting him, ever. Good player at best.
Give us Modric.
Give us Modric.
Incredibly harsh.
He may have been overrated and overhyped last season but he's an excellent player with all of his best years ahead of him. That second goal last night was something else.
Bale & Modric together would be nice
Priority would be Modric, but wouldn't say no to Bale either.
It's not about what Modric "is worth". The only thing that counts is what Spurs would insist on getting.
If there's a gap between the two things then there's a reason for this, namely that Spurs have ambitions of their own and don't have the slightest desire (or need) to sell.
In other words, the price for Modric = worth + huge compensation money.
Levy flatly rejected Chelski's bid of 40m last summer. I'll leave you to speculate what it would take next summer if Spurs finish in the top 4, but the answer is not "30m + Valencia".
The thing is, United are a bigger and more successful club than Spurs.
It would not take much for his head to be turned.
It wouldn't really matter whether or not his head became "turned". What counts is Levy and Modric's long contract.
We went through all this last summer with Chelski (who have more money than Man. Ud) ... and both Chelski and Modric were squashed flat.
It seems that in this case, his head getting turned wouldn't mean much. It was clear that Chelsea turned his head in the summer, however that didn't stop Tottenham from keeping him in the end, did it? In the end, it didn't affect his performance level either.
Obviously not, but Chelsea turned his head big time in the summer, and look how that ended up.
The thing is, Chelsea are a more successful and (in the views of many fans and probably all players now) a bigger club that Spurs. His head was turned last summer.
How did that work out?
Yeah, hilarious....
What exactly does it mean to be Glaston? He seems to be synonymous on this board with being delusional or something. I haven't been on here long enough to know whether he warrants this reputation or not. From what I've seen, he's a bit optimistic, sometimes over but nothing to deserve this reputation.
What exactly was delusional in that that post?
I've not been here that much longer than you but from my time I think Glaston gets stick because he is a bit of a dreamer when it comes to Spurs achievement ceiling and because he was right about Modric not being sold.
what part of the "& Modric" part didn't you understand?
Personally, I think you are deluded if you think Spuds will sell Modric. Or Bale, for that matter.
I agree with Glaston, he has taught quite a few people a lesson last summer when they were laughing at his claims that Modric would remain at Spurs.
Also, it doesn't matter how much WE (conveniently for us, the buyer's point of view) value him at, it's how much THEY think he's worth to them, how much money they will need to adequately replace him with one or more players (in case there's no direct replacement and they have to change their way of playing), how much they think they can get for him in a market where oil barons and co will screw up everything and bid as they please... it is their good right to ask as much as they want. If we don't think he's worth that, if Modric or whoever aren't pleased with what they're asking but have signed long contracts that tie them down for 4 or more years, they can say feck us and him.
They have proven they can do that last summer, I hope they do it again. Fair play to them, a club has every right to do all they can to hold onto their best players and build for the future... and they are well on their way if this season so far is anything to go by.
Also, it doesn't matter how much WE (conveniently for us, the buyer's point of view) value him at, it's how much THEY think he's worth to them, how much money they will need to adequately replace him with one or more players (in case there's no direct replacement and they have to change their way of playing), how much they think they can get for him in a market where oil barons and co will screw up everything and bid as they please... it is their good right to ask as much as they want. If we don't think he's worth that, if Modric or whoever aren't pleased with what they're asking but have signed long contracts that tie them down for 4 or more years, they can say feck us and him.
They have proven they can do that last summer, I hope they do it again. Fair play to them, a club has every right to do all they can to hold onto their best players and build for the future... and they are well on their way if this season so far is anything to go by.
Lennon is actually quite under-rated in the defensive department but I would definitely have Valencia over him, like you said, he is significantly more consistent. He's a player I've always liked.
Still, he's not a significant enough upgrade to warrant losing our best player over, especially as 30 million doesn't really get you a huge deal at the moment. There's not too many players around like Modric so we'd have to change our style of play too. I'd hope that when we do sell, it will either be for a huge amount of money or some money and a player that will significantly improve our starting eleven, in a position that we're desperate for.
I hope we keep him, Bale, VDV, Sandro etc for as long as possible. More often than not, selling your best players doesn't allow for the building of a good team and leads to a downward slope. We only have to look at Villa for good evidence of that.
I hope by some far flung miracle we can sign Wesley Sneijder.
I hope we sign someone. How can SAF be so stubborn, unless he's got a plan
I don't think he is being stubborn tbf. We are not in bad need of a midfielder as some think. It's injuries that have been murdering us. We are one top class buy away from the perfect midfield. He simply has to get that choice right and he is rightly taking his time.
It will happen this month. Believe!
True, though I was suggesting it as an alternative offer if you guys did get to a point where you were willing to sell.
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