can see city offering close to £40m
de jong, modric, touré is a contendah
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 June 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
certainly better than the current title winning midfield
the last top level central midfielder to be transferred was xabi alonso in 2009, and that was £30m for a player two years older
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 June 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure about that: Yaya Toure £24m, Ozil £12m (must've been more?), Meireles £10m-ish all not so far off Modric imo
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 June 2011 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
ozil is an amid/support striker, and in last year of contrac
touré wasn't quite proven in any given role, though he's probably found his niche now
meireles not really first rate hence fee
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 June 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
luka m's actual value probably about £30m, but in a summer of inflated transfers and after a bidding war w/ ynahtid and chelsea, it's not unfeasible that city pay £40m
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 June 2011 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
deems should be more worried about citeh sending adebayor in return, possibly after levy sniffs at a lower exchange offer from chelsea containting drogba, while muttering something about amortisation
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 June 2011 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
this is so depressing
― mizzell, Friday, 17 June 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
xp aint that the truth tho
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Friday, 17 June 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
halcyon days
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
thank christ for rory mcilroy huh
Utd to bid 30m for rormac now
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Think they're going in for Usain Bolt, pretty sure he's better than half their first team at the mo.
― j/k lacan (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 19 June 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
chelsea type player imo
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Sunday, 19 June 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 19 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
story in the independent now claiming he will take it all back, or clarify that he meant he will be happy to go if the club want to sell him.
― mizzell, Monday, 20 June 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
all arry's idea to squeeze levy
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Monday, 20 June 2011 08:33 (twelve years ago) link
'arry 'as suggested he might be after a couple of big top tops to convince Modric and Bale to stay. It'll be interesting to see where he'd want them to play. If the Leandro Damaio interest is as solid as the papers suggest and the bids for Dembele and Abel Hernandez were legit, it might not be up front, unless we're going to have a total clear-out.
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Monday, 20 June 2011 08:44 (twelve years ago) link
Story in the Independent seems to suggest that Modric doesn't have the stomach for a fight and won't force the move, I suppose a Gareth Barry/Liverpool situation is as good as we can hope for here.
Modric and Bale are both young, we may placate them by saying we'll sell one or both later if we get another season out of them. Redknapp will be happy as it makes it likelier that Levy will be bounced into behaving like a big club - ie making a couple of big signings without having to wait for the moon on a stick to come in from the Bentley deal.
Also apparently Kia Joorabchian is involved in some way? That's not good news and is bound to annoy Levy. Like, he'd stand to get a fee if Modric was sold to Chelsea but not to another club, or something? Very dodgy.
― Matt DC, Monday, 20 June 2011 08:51 (twelve years ago) link
well fuck that, we should just shoot the cunt
Modric will be ok if he stays. He's got five years of a contract, it was a pretty stupid move by him tbh.
I think the chances of him going were far greater before he opened his mouth
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Monday, 20 June 2011 09:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 20 June 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
about right, about face, owbout joe cole ee's good innee
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Monday, 20 June 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
How would the resident Spurs fans feel if he does stay?
― Chris, Monday, 20 June 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
delighted, tbh.
i always thought berbatov would have snapped out of it, and doubly so for modric
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Monday, 20 June 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
Won't cause irreparable damage to the relationship? I think Gerrard was forgiven pretty quickly wasn't he after the Chelsea thing(s).
― Chris, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
nah i can't see it, if he stays he'll get out there on the pitch and play and it'll blow over.
i'd have had sympathy with him, relatively anyway, before he opened his mouth on fri night.
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
Football fans are fickle creatures. Utd fans forgave Rooney once he started playing a bit again.
― Number None, Tuesday, 21 June 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
i can see modric's case tho, i really couldnt see rooney's.
― beta the drivel you know (darraghmac), Tuesday, 21 June 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
Luka Modric spotted at Anfield. Stayed tuned for photographic evidence.
― Chris, Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
aw don't even start
that'd be the nightmare obvs
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5870060601_281dfb9071.jpg
― Chris, Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Lots of talk that Spurs have accepted a bid of £35m from United. Fingers crossed it's just gossip.
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
no way would we accept that
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
xxp and ye've nicked vdv as well wtf
Sorry, couldn't help myself. Took a few but none of them are very good - he kept MOVING!
― Chris, Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link
couldn't get one of him scoring no :)
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Saturday, 25 June 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
I had my head in my hands at that point I'm afraid.
― Chris, Saturday, 25 June 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
fair point
good article about the lovable tyke in goal.com- why is luka modric so highly rated when lampard scores more and fabregas has more assists, they conclude that it's because he's good at other stuff.
remarkable stuff
― Chunks on strippers is the game of my frog (darraghmac), Saturday, 25 June 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
The Modric rumour seems to be stemming from "TransferUpdate" on Twitter, who seems a tad suspect to say the least
― Number None, Saturday, 25 June 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 17 June 2011
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Had an inkling this was possible when he scored two v Spurs in Madrid in April. You could do a lot worse.
Drogba news gone quiet lately, I suppose he's staying.
― boxall, Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
yeah looks like drogba stays, tho apparently moves were mad efor lukaku today so....
i rate adebayor's ability, but his attitude stinks
if we're loaning strikers then sturridge pls
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
in fact, part swap for modric would be good business there
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
and so it looks like going
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 July 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
So making him captain didn't work then? What's your source here, I thought Chelsea were more interested in Pastore now.
― boxall, Sunday, 24 July 2011 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
source is pmac, by text, from tesco. dunno where he gets his info tbh
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 July 2011 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Gotta add that one to my RSS, thanks for the heads-up.
― boxall, Sunday, 24 July 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
he'll not be happy at being outed
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 24 July 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
ya never set me wrong yet iirc
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 July 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
Saw a copy of the Daily Star on Sunday on the Tube earlier, the back page had Chelsea bidding £27mn for Modric with Sturridge going to Spurs as part of the deal iirc.
― James Mitchell, Sunday, 24 July 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
i
― who shivs a git (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 July 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
rejected £40m
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
See you in January.
― Chris, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
Blimey I got something right for once.
― pandemic, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
missed a trick with poll closing date huh
Will remember that for jan
― Juata Man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
levy otm he's worth 50m now
― talking heads, quiet smith (darraghmac), Sunday, 18 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
levy still otm
― occupy wall street 2: rummy never sleeps (darraghmac), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
who next for a thread in this vein
is there even anyone any good left at a club likely to sell?
could have had a whole board on Southampton last month obv
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
Ross Barkley, but not this summer.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 25 July 2014 08:29 (nine years ago) link
fans of the board don't want to hear about next summer klata
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 08:53 (nine years ago) link
Gotta say my love for Luka hasn't really survived his haircut
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 25 July 2014 08:55 (nine years ago) link
herself is the same
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 08:59 (nine years ago) link
we have so much in common
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 25 July 2014 09:03 (nine years ago) link
get out of it
she's still got William fichtner I suppose
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Friday, 25 July 2014 09:23 (nine years ago) link
Jaysus
― things you looked shockingly old when you wore (darraghmac), Friday, 2 March 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
Fucking hell imagine if Luka had gone to Chelsea. He'd be at Palace now.
― Matt DC, Friday, 2 March 2018 23:58 (six years ago) link
the twitter reaction to my boy winning is .... negative
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:29 (five years ago) link
Lynchpin of the midfield that won three CL titles in a row, World Cup final, voted best player at the World Cup, what more does a lad have to do?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link
fine choice with me
but can he twerk?
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:44 (five years ago) link
"the one i may have offended"
Sincere apologies to the one I may have offended. My point was : I don’t invite women to twerk but dance on a Sinatra song. Watch the full sequence People who have followed me for 20 years know how respectful I am especially with women pic.twitter.com/pnZX8qvl4R— Martin Solveig (@martinsolveig) December 3, 2018
think the chasing pack caught up with messi + ronaldo this year, obvs gonna happen eventually, happy to see a new winner
― nxd, Tuesday, 4 December 2018 09:46 (five years ago) link
For as long as this guy can walk, he can have a spot in my midfield.
Up there with Berbatov and VdV as the most persistently joyous players to give the ball to in my footballing memory (Spurs edition) and it seems impossible that he's still somehow putting in performances like he did tonight
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 January 2021 01:55 (three years ago) link