Jose Mourinho is preparing to tempt Tottenham into parting with two prized assets this summer, with a €115 million swoop to take Gareth Bale and Luka Modric to Real Madrid.
According to The Daily Star, the ‘Special One’ believes that the calibre of the Spurs pair warrants the hefty financial outlay as he looks to strengthen his midfield with energy and guile, while offering stiff competition on the left-hand side, where current full-back Marcelo would drop out of the line-up to accommodate the Welshman.
Real believe that Spurs will demand a minimum of €35m for their Croatian playmaker, while a whopping €80m – just €14m short of the fee required to land Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United – will seal the transfer of Bale.
Nonetheless, as exclusively revealed by Goal, the north London outfit are set to finalise a new £100,000-a-week contract (€115,000) with their wing machine, in a deal which will make Bale the highest paid player in the club’s history; securing him to a contract believed to be five years in length, making Real's pursuit of the Spurs man even more financially challenging.
Meanwhile, Modric - who like Bale penned a new long-term deal with Spurs last summer - himself ruled out a move away from White Hart Lane, insisting that he is ignoring mounting speculation regarding his future.
"The only truth is that I'm a Tottenham player and I'm happy to be where I am. I'm fully focused on my job,” he told Sportskenovosti.
"Following my arrival in 2008 every transfer window is the same. Newspapers are always talking about me moving away.
He added: "My future? Who knows what the future will bring, but I'm a Tottenham player and I'm happy to be at White Hart Lane."
if there are both that good why are spurs still not achieving much?
Cos of the manager?
Harry is good but maybe not good enough?
Cos with the squad they have and I mean the whole squad... Which is really very good perhaps as good as United's and Arsenal's if not better, they could be in the top 1, 2, 3 position... But maybe he just lack something to take them to the next level from the 4, 5 position placing...
But these 2 are indeed their 'star quality' players that many clubs would want...
at the very least spurs has been on the right side of the table for these couple of years...these 2 players have shown brillance but remains to be seen if they are more than just one trick ponies...
How is it they not good? Top 4 is a respectable position
well first of all, they don't have the combo of top defenders. And they don't have any talismanic striker. Change the central defence and add a top class striker. They have a champion team there. Modric and bale are definitely good enough for top teams.
Kaka is still at RM, as is Angel di Maria. if they does join RM, they would surely be fighting with them for a place in the starting 11.
Originally posted by Rock^Star:well first of all, they don't have the combo of top defenders. And they don't have any talismanic striker. Change the central defence and add a top class striker. They have a champion team there. Modric and bale are definitely good enough for top teams.
slowly but surely, Spurs will improve as long as they are in UCL.
cause top players will join as they want to be in europe top competition.
and one more thing, Spurs seems to have unlimited funds leh.
i strongly believe harry will be the next england manager and he also publicly stated he wanted to be next england manager. fabio will be out after next euro in 2 years time. i think then could see the mass exodus of stars leaving spurs. include bale and modric.