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[matthew.absurdum]

Modric - I have lost ALL my respect for you now.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...dric-says-Gareth-Bale-perfect-for-Real-Madrid

You still have since last summer?

 

[Wardy]

You still have since last summer?

Assume you're missing the word 'any'? couldn't work it out

.. It didn't materialise so still had a shred of respect as he was great for us, but he's done it again, which proves he really is just a garden gnome!


Do you reckon Perez instructs his players to unsettle?

 

[JerryGarcia]

Modric - I have lost ALL my respect for you now.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...dric-says-Gareth-Bale-perfect-for-Real-Madrid

The headline is slightly OTT but I do wish they would tell their players not to answer questions about transfers. Infact FIFA should make it a rule that players can't discuss tranfers in the press, would that be unreasonable?

 

[sim0n]

BBC -- Tottenham forward Gareth Bale would be a perfect fit with Real Madrid, says his former Spurs team-mate and current Bernabeu midfielder Luka Modric...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22908572

Once again, modric can FUQ right off...

 

[wooderz]

Fuck off rat face. He isn't as shallow as you and want to sit on the bench week in week out

 

[Ginolas_Hair]

Assume you're missing the word 'any'? couldn't work it out

.. It didn't materialise so still had a shred of respect as he was great for us, but he's done it again, which proves he really is just a garden gnome!


Do you reckon Perez instructs his players to unsettle?

I think Marca (a completely Madrid-biased newspaper) have more to do with the constant speculation by raising these questions/interviews.

But Perez is still a douche

 

[Rout-Ledge]

Is this a legit account (apologies if already posted)?


Richard Keys ‏@richardajkeys 5h
85 mill for Bale. Incredible to think Harry wanted to give him away. Jamie asked me and Andy to help find him another club.

It is legit. Keys takes any opportunity he has to make a dig at the Redknapp family. I would be very surprised if this is completely made up though. He's probably embelished; I imagine they wanted to find a club to loan him out to.

 

[tototoner]

those Modric quotes are very old

 

[dagraham]

those Modric quotes are very old

He's still a ****

 

[danielneeds]

This is outrageous. Thought Zizou had more class than this. As if FIFA or UEFA would do anything to Real Madrid, so it is not even worth reporting them.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-transfer-news-gareth-bale-1955201?

Real Madrid sporting director Zinedine Zidane has urged Bernabeu target Gareth Bale to fast-track his move to Spain by asking to leave Tottenham, writes Steve Bates of the Sunday People .
The French legend, one of Madrid’s original Galacticos, is hoping Real can clinch an £85million deal for the double Footballer of the Year this summer .
But with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy playing hard-ball over Bale’s future, Zidane sees a transfer request from the 23-year-old midfield star as the deal-maker.

Zidane said: “I think Real Madrid have made their admiration of Gareth Bale very clear – and it has been made clear that we would not be put off by the cost of the player.

“But if Gareth feels now is the time to move then he has to have a private discussion with his club and express that he wants to leave.”
This blatant attempt to force the issue won’t go down well at White Hart Lane.
Sources at Tottenham say despite the team’s failure to make the Champions League, Bale is happy at the club and has given no indication he plans to leave this summer.

 

[nightgoat]

So much for special relationship.

 

[Blackcanary]

This is outrageous. Thought Zizou had more class than this. As if FIFA or UEFA would do anything to Real Madrid, so it is not even worth reporting them.

You're right that nothing will happen, but i've seen a couple of people say that we HAVE reported them. At least maybe it will show Real that we won't let ourselves be bullied?

 

[nightgoat]

Although Real might want to learn themselves what happened last time a team so blatantly tried to unsettle one of our players. Told them to fuck off, told Modric to shut up and stay put then next summer sold him to Not Chelsea.

 

[JerryGarcia]

If those quotes are real then I don't see Levy doing business with them.

Thinking about it, if they've resorted to such blatant tapping up (even by their standards) then maybe we've already told them to do one.

 

[danielneeds]

If those quotes are real then I don't see Levy doing business with them.

Thinking about it, if they've resorted to such blatant tapping up (even by their standards) then maybe we've already told them to do one.

Remember Fergie saying he "wouldn't sell them a virus" after similar shenanighens? Yet in the end, the cold hard cash talks.

 

[danielneeds]

So much for special relationship.

I think Zidane just can't let it go that Gerry Francis passed on him, calling him "too wooden." That sheet hurt him.

 

[Blackcanary]

If those quotes are real then I don't see Levy doing business with them.

Thinking about it, if they've resorted to such blatant tapping up (even by their standards) then maybe we've already told them to do one.

That could be a possibility. We've had ITK to say that Bale won't be sold - if we've made Real aware of this perhaps this is their response?

ETA: Made Real aware through the club, obviously. I'm not suggesting that real Madrid are reading our ITK. Although if they are: Fuck right off Perez and Zidane.

 

[JerryGarcia]

Remember Fergie saying he "wouldn't sell them a virus" after similar shenanighens? Yet in the end, the cold hard cash talks.

Maybe but it didn't work for Chelsea. Who knows how Levy will react to these comments, the ball is certainly not in Bale's court though, that's for sure.

Zidane has just added even more to Bale's value as well, he's not a very good director of football.

 

[Blackcanary]

Maybe but it didn't work for Chelsea. Who knows how Levy will react to these comments, the ball is certainly not in Bale's court though, that's for sure.

Zidane has just added even more to Bale's value as well, he's not a very good director of football.

They're trying to mug him off. I imagine his icy fury would be something to behold.

Madrid seem to be a bit stupid - these tactics worked last year because Luka already wanted to go. He felt let down by the club. He was happy to misbehave to get his move. Bale seems a model pro, with a lot invested in his personal life in England and an understanding that he is still developing as a player. He's not going to kick up a fuss.

 

[danielneeds]

Maybe but it didn't work for Chelsea. Who knows how Levy will react to these comments, the ball is certainly not in Bale's court though, that's for sure.

Zidane has just added even more to Bale's value as well, he's not a very good director of football.

This summer, no. But next year when he has two years on his deal he has all the power.