{"id":464629,"date":"2011-07-20T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/20\/%e2%80%98if-luka-modric-leaves-we-are-in-trouble%e2%80%99-tottenham-boss-harry-redknapp-highlights-importance-of-keeping-chelsea-target\/"},"modified":"2011-07-20T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T08:15:00","slug":"if-luka-modric-leaves-we-are-in-trouble-tottenham-boss-harry-redknapp-highlights-importance-of-keeping-chelsea-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/if-luka-modric-leaves-we-are-in-trouble-tottenham-boss-harry-redknapp-highlights-importance-of-keeping-chelsea-target\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If Luka Modric leaves we are in trouble\u2019 &#8211; Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp highlights importance of keeping Chelsea target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>20 Jul 2011 09:15:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"119.117845118\">\n<div readability=\"18.329218107\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UEFA Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur and SV Werder Bremen, Luka Modric (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/117500\/117520_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>UEFA Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur and SV Werder Bremen, Luka Modric (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>EXCLUSIVE<br \/><\/strong>By Edward Tibbles &#038; Clyde Tlou<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/13420\/harry-redknapp\">Harry Redknapp<\/a> insists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/105\/tottenham\">Tottenham<\/a> must keep hold of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/croatia\/11993\/luka-modric\">Luka Modric<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Croatian has attracted the interest of Chelsea throughout the summer, with the Blues reportedly having an improved second offer of \u00a327 million turned down by Spurs last week.<\/p>\n<p><span>After Modric captained Tottenham to a 1-1 draw against South African side Orlando Pirates in a pre-season friendly on Tuesday, Redknapp insists his side cannot afford to let him leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Redknapp told <strong>Goal.com<\/strong>: \u201cIf he Modric leaves we are in trouble. He\u2019s such a good player, we have to keep Modric.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added during a press conference: \u201cWe need Luka to stay because he is irreplaceable, a top, top player, great professional and great boy, and we really need to do our best to keep him at the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe need to keep our best players, we can\u2019t afford to lose our best players, that&#8217;s for sure.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Redknapp also highlighted Modric&#8217;s importance to the club, and says the player will always be a &#8220;model professional&#8221;, despite reportedly handing in a transfer request.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Spurs boss added: \u201cWhen he came out there today he made such a difference to us. He is such a fantastic player; he gets on the ball and makes us play. He and Rafael van der Vaart are real quality, we need them for sure.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt&#8217;s not the first time he&#8217;s been captain today, he captained the team in the Premier League when Michael Dawson didn&#8217;t start or Ledley King wasn\u2019t there so it\u2019s not a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLike I say, he\u2019s a model professional in my opinion and always will be, he&#8217;s a great guy and a great player.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Redknapp has expressed his desire to allow fringe players at the club to leave this summer, with Robbie Keane one of the stars deemed surplus to requirements at White Hart Lane.<\/p>\n<p><span>The Tottenham manager added to <strong>Goal.com<\/strong>: \u201cNo, Robbie is available for transfer if someone wants to take him, he&#8217;s still a good player. But he&#8217;s still with us and while he&#8217;s with us he still has a chance of playing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the Spurs boss is also looking at bolstering his squad before the end of the transfer window.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He said: \u201cWe&#8217;ll be okay, we need a couple of new players, two or three players with ability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe couldn&#8217;t afford Nasri&#8217;s wages, Manchester City offered him massive, fantastic wages and we couldn&#8217;t afford him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/20\/2582738\/if-luka-modric-leaves-we-are-in-trouble-tottenham-boss-harry\" title=\"\u2018If Luka Modric leaves we are in trouble\u2019 - Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp highlights importance of keeping Chelsea target\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018If Luka Modric leaves we are in trouble\u2019 &#8211; Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp highlights importance of keeping Chelsea target<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 20 Jul 2011 09:15:00 UEFA Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur and SV Werder Bremen, Luka Modric (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players EXCLUSIVE By Edward Tibbles &#038; Clyde Tlou Harry Redknapp insists Tottenham must keep hold of\u00a0 Luka Modric . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018If Luka Modric leaves we are in trouble\u2019 - Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp highlights importance of keeping Chelsea target - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/if-luka-modric-leaves-we-are-in-trouble-tottenham-boss-harry-redknapp-highlights-importance-of-keeping-chelsea-target\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u2018If Luka Modric leaves we are in trouble\u2019 - Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp highlights importance of keeping Chelsea target - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"20 Jul 2011 09:15:00 UEFA Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur and SV Werder Bremen, Luka Modric (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players EXCLUSIVE By Edward Tibbles &amp; 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