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da heads bet： Harry Redknapp has rubbished rumours that he would be willing to sell Luka Modric to any club, for any price:
“There’s no chance of it happening at all. Luka’s key to everything that’s happening at this place. Everybody knows what I think of him. And if you want to move on to higher levels you don’t start flogging off your best players – to anyone.” –The Sun
I didn’t think the news needing announcing but apparently Ferguson’s ‘friendship’ with Redknapp could have had a deciding factor on the player’s destination. It’s difficult to imagine Redknapp selling the Croat to any bidder in this transfer window considering the importance of retaining, whilst adding to, a squad that is pushing to be in the Champions League group stages come the beginning of next season.
It was rumoured that United may be tabling a £25m bid for Modric in an attempt to add some desperately needed creative influence in midfield. But the 24 year old has himself hinted that he would prefer to be part of the future at White Hart Lane:
“I thought at the time, ‘this is a big thing for us’. If we qualify for the group stages of the Champions League I’m sure this club will go on to another level.”
Although what players say can rarely be given credence anymore considering the transfer climate it is safe to assume that Redknapp will certainly not allow the diminutive attacker to be sold as his squad prepares to battle it out with Europe’s best.
With the door publicly and proverbially closed on United it leaves me wondering who Ferguson can look to capture and reignite the variety of Old Trafford’s attack. David Silva remains an option, although the noises from Spain are now suggesting some reticence to the notion of selling. Wesley Sneijder is another man who, despite having the best debut season possible with Inter, may be available given Mourinho’s departure (and the likelihood of one or two high profile names following him to the Bernabeu).
But with the World Cup only a mere fortnight away there remains plenty of time for players to enhance (or degrade) their reputations.
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