Modric Signs - Official

It's on the official site.

Modric signs

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/lukatothelane260408.html

credit to the club for sealing the deal early and beating other teams to his signature

this is huge! this is the playmaker we have been waiting for! what a beast of a signing!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent news - first of many signings hopefully. Would be good to get everything done and dusted early so that when the players return for pre-season training the squad is a settled one.

PS The Croatia national shirt is truly the worst one ever.

This is why i Ramos can't be bothered with the end of season performances. He already knows half the team is going in the summer. I wouldn't be surprised to see a completely new midfield.

Is he a replacement for Jenas?

A Spurs player to look forward to at the Euro 2008

Seems like a pretty good signing, eh? Certainly the type of player and position that we need.

Perhaps getting Modric in early is a sign of things to come and may persuade Berba that we're going places?

I must be getting old, I've never heard of him.

GDG wrote:

I must be getting old, I've never heard of him.

My old man does quite a lot of work in Zagreb and they all say this lad is mustard/different gravy!

Number 10 wrote:

Perhaps getting Modric in early is a sign of things to come and may persuade Berba that we're going places?

Agree!! Frankly, I really want Berba to stay...

I must agree with GDG - I've never heard of this bloke before. That said - most of you that posted here seem pleased with the signing. I hope this is a better investment compared to others in the past.

Is a central midfielder???

Wht a shocking news

Give him the shirt No.14

The two Romanians

Rebrov

Acimovic

Bunjecevic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aUGD3IkVaA


www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZtYsLvRO1c


Seems to be a popular player. Will Berbs stay now? He's had CL before. It would be a massive achievement if Berbatov stayed and helped get Spurs into the CL. To be honest, before he came to Spurs not many people had heard of him so in a way, we've raised his global profile. Come on Berbs, stick around for one more season and see if we can make it. If by Jan 2009 it looks hopeless, move on.

Surely he signed just so he didn't have to wear that kit any more.......

i saw a thing on the tv about him the other day - apparently the call him the new johan cruyff

This guy is top banana. A class act. Reminds me of Ardiles. All industrious like in midfield, has got an excellent eye for a pass and can take players on. An excellent signing. One of the main reasons Croatia has become a top european nation these last couple of years. I'm absolutely chuffed. Bye Bye Zokora and TT. I don't think he'll replace Jenas.

And Keegan, speaking this week, made no secret of his admiration for a playmaker who was also thought to have been a target of Barcelona.

"If you had a list of the midfield players around Europe who Newcastle could possibly attract, Luka Modric would be one of them," said Keegan.

"I think he would be pretty much on everyone else's list as well because he is a fantastic prospect.

"If you look at the midfield players who have a fantastic future, he would be one of them. But every other club in the league, from Arsenal and Manchester United, would like Modric."



http://www.shieldsgazette.com/nufc/15m-Toon-target-signs-for.4023658.jp

I just hope he isn't a future addition to our 'Team of the week' thread.

ozspur wrote:

I just hope he isn't a future addition to our 'Team of the week' thread.

So do i..

He was at the Lane yesterday

Croatia coach Slaven Bilic says Luka Modric made the right choice in deciding to join Tottenham, rather than any other Premier League side.
The 22-year-old midfielder will join Spurs next season after they agreed terms with Dinamo Zagreb.
"Tottenham is a perfect club for Luka. Spurs are a better club for Luka than, for example, Chelsea," said Bilic.
"Chelsea could have bought him, Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho and then Luka could have ended up on the bench."
Modric had been linked to several other Premier League clubs - including Arsenal, Chelsea and Newcastle - but Bilic said Spurs boss Juande Ramos would get the best from the highly rated star.

606: DEBATE Luka Modric - Good Signing?

"At Tottenham it will be different. Ramos will have patience with him so he gets used to the Premier League style of play," said Bilic.

"I'm certain that Luka will become their main power, the star of the team."

Modric, who has scored three goals in 24 appearances for Croatia, said Ramos had been a major factor in his decision.

"It is a big thing that Ramos wanted me in Tottenham so much," Modric said. "Ramos's desire was my major motivation to play at White Hart Lane."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/7369852.stm



COME ON YOU SPURS !

Wasn't it just a few days ago that Bilic was saying that Modric should sign for Newcastle believeing they were more likely to be successful than Tottenham as they had the financial clout (stupidity?) to mix it with the big boys.

ozspur wrote:

Wasn't it just a few days ago that Bilic was saying that Modric should sign for Newcastle believeing they were more likely to be successful than Tottenham as they had the financial clout (stupidity?) to mix it with the big boys.

Really ? ??...