Man United’s Move for Spurs Star Modric is a Logical but Unlikely One
by Nick Walsh on August 25th, 2009 10 commentsYou can’t blame a man for trying.
Sir Alex Ferguson is considering a pre-deadline swoop on Tottenham for Luka Modric – and may offer Michael Carrick back to the White Hart Lane club as part of a swap deal, according to reports.
Carrick did not even make the match-day squad for the 5-0 romp at Wigan last Saturday amid reports of a fall-out with Ferguson over his performance – and penalty miss – in the shock 1-0 defeat to Burnley and bitter rivals Liverpool have also been credited with an interest in the England midfielder as they look to offset the loss of influential lynchpin Xabi Alonso.
Sir Alex Ferguson is keen to recruit a creative type to compliment his industrious midfielders but is certain to be rebuffed in his attempts to lure Croatia favourite Modric to Old Trafford.
“Luka Modric is a fantastic player, so is Michael Carrick,” Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp told Sky Sports News.
“I want to keep Luka here and I am sure Alex wants to keep Michael at Man Utd, so that’s a load of rubbish.
“He (Ferguson) likes him (Modric) but I like Ronaldo. I couldn’t get him. It’s never going to happen. Alex has never made an approach for him.”
Ferguson’s response was pointed and terse when quizzed last week about whether he intended to make any more new signings before the September 1 transfer deadline.
Modric has also denied he has had any contact with United and even hinted at extending his stay in north London beyond 2013 when his contract runs out.
“I don’t know anything about the Manchester United link,” Modric told Sportske Novosti.
“I read about it in the newspapers, and one paper even published quotes from me saying I was happy to be on Sir Alex Ferguson’s radar.
“But the truth is that I didn’t say anything to anybody about this. They were not my words.”
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anonymous - August 25th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
There isa whiif of the Berbatov saga about all this. If soccer was run by a strong governing body there would be a commission to look at integrity in transfer dealings. There have been too many instances of “someone” quoting a player, or a player’s mother or hairdresser or whoever saying that player X has always wanted to play for Y. This is then followed by X’s agent’s comments about how X is unsettled as he cannot get his favourite cheese where he is now and may have to move etc., etc. then the offers start. The strategy has many variants but we have all seen it play out. It is the ultimate sleeze.
The powers that be have no interest in justice. It is clear that some clubs are more equal than others. The fact that the hammers were not docked points over the Tevez fiasco which resulted in Sheff Utd going down is proof of that. I suppose claret and blue looks so much nicer on TV than stripes is probably thedeciding fact after all.
anonymous - August 25th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Football my friend, not soccer. Please do all you can to not call it that again.
anonymous - August 25th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Its soccer mush
not football
SOCCER is what it is
Ok
SOCCER
HEAR ME?
SOCCER
you change
you change
imboceil
anonymous - August 26th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I think pretty much everyone bar Canada and the US call it soccer. Even in Australia they are starting to call it football!
So football wins by a far majority.
anonymous - August 26th, 2009 at 7:42 am
im from australia and i call it soccer and always will, so soccer it is
anonymous - August 26th, 2009 at 8:49 am
its football you goose, just you change, and learn. The Americans cant learn. If you are in Australia, you will know that it has now been offically changed to football? Years ago!!!! The ASA changed its name to AFA. . I wonder what the F stands for?
anonymous - August 26th, 2009 at 9:17 am
It is football. In Australia all EPL and A League supporters call it football.
anonymous - August 26th, 2009 at 9:51 am
look m8 in england we call it football and in us and canada and austrailia they call it soccer the reason why is because they have another sport that is american football so they need to distinguish the two where as over here in the uk we dont have american football so we can just call it football sometime the aussis’ call it football but that up to them
anonymous - September 1st, 2009 at 2:22 pm
The word Soccer is an abbreviation of ‘AsSOCiation football’ gentlemen.
Which is a bit of a mouth full hence the shortening in countries that need to distinguish between differing football games. Although i’m perplexed as to why American football is called so when they generally use the hands.
anonymous - September 3rd, 2009 at 1:07 am
ohh crap let`s forget about it man.i called it football because we kick the ball using our foot and it should be.