Luka Modric

[AndersonBLUE 819]

Hopefully in a team like Chelsea he would shine a bit more. Everytime I see him play he has good and bad spells in matches, a little inconsistant IMO.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Yes, we got mikel, lamps, essien, meireles, romeu but..

Mikel: Awesome and has really grown in my eyes. Young and fit guy.

Lampard: Ageing but still very fit and will probably be available for most of the season.

Essien: In all honesty, i love the guy but he's done.

Meireles: I dont apprichiate this guy and dont even understand why we bought him. Not really good defensive nor offensively and his passing sucks.

Romeu: Whats going on here? Why hasnt he been playing? Will he remain at Chelsea? If so, he's a solid DM.

So, basically we've got Mikel, Lampard and Romeu as reasonable and solid DM. I would love to see us go for a relative cheap and promising DM just to be able to rotate and feel more comfortable there. And basically let Essien and Meireles go or sell them.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Lol. If you think we can play a good, attacking side with good retaining of the ball with Lampard in the double pivot you must be joking. We do need a player like Modric. Lets hope that if we do then Lampard won't have another hissy fit because he keeps being benched.

And I can't believe people still think Essien has some sort of part in the team. He is finished and needs to be shipped off, nothing more then a block of skin on dodgy legs. Get over him and move on.

[blue_swaggin_96 96]

Hopefully in a team like Chelsea he would shine a bit more. Everytime I see him play he has good and bad spells in matches, a little inconsistant IMO.

understandable... mekelele comes in mind!

[Severinb 309]

Benat would only cost 10mil at most!

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I don't think we could even sell Essien. Which team would want him? It would be great if we shipped out Meireles and Essien. It would free up the space for a CM but the more I think about it the more I think we are not going to get a CM. It seems RW and RB is our priority. That would still be a fantastic transfer window for any team. Lampard and Mikel should do just fine. We can always adress the CM problem in January or next summer.

[Marvin123 527]

Is really confusing one this is! I'm hoping sturridge is wanted by AVB and we can use this to our advantage! Maybe we are putting together a sturridge plus cash deal and Moses is to replace studge?

[Ollie 4,400]

We had this whole saga last season and we won the UCL and FA Cup. Tottenham had the stronger squad and better players but won fuck all (again). There's no way we need top spend 30-40 million more on someone else. We maybe need a another solid midfielder in the Ballack/Lampard/Essien mould with strength and power who can attack and defend but not a player like Modric when we have Mata, Hazard and Ramires. I can't see what this transfer at that price will achieve.

Let him go to Spain.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Selling Sturridge would only be counter productive. We'd then not only have to buy a RW, RB, (possibly a CM), but also a striker. I hope we hang onto him. Even though he has only one year left on his contract, I think if he gets opportunities as a CF, he'll sign a new deal and stay with us. If by some chance Twattenham wants Sturridge and we're prepared to let him go (hopefully not) then we should definitely demand a Player + Cash deal for Modric otherwise they can fuck right off.

[AndersonBLUE 819]

I agree, Sturridge still has a role here. And despite his attitude in games sometimes, I still like him. He should have at least a crack at the CF role. But going buy his appearences towards the end of the season RDM dosn't like to play him for some reason.

[Marvin123 527]

@CarloFan: According to A Bola, Chelsea are preparing a 50m Euro bid for Luka Modric http://t.co/mjX382je (translated)

Another link regarding us

[Bigthrobberus 8]

Apparantly, A bola are saying we are preparing a £40M bid!

People saying thats too much I understand, But the market is so inflated right now that it's silly!

Downing £20m

Carroll £35m

Henderson £20m

Torres £50m

goes on and on!!

Modric would be a huge step towards challenging on all fronts IMO.

Him and Hulk would be a massive statement!

[jmarlow 458]

Modric being off to Madrid. I kinda got that already.

Now reports are coming that Roman wants to get him. What do we say then?

i cant see how i have repeated that a mil times! sounds to me that you are bitter that we missed out on him!

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

We made a 40 million pound bid last summer so we shouldnt we do it now?

[Spike 12,049]

I just really, really despise the fact that this would fund Tottenham for a while. Ugh, makes me sick thinking about it.