Modric ready to rock Spurs

Fri, 03 Jul 13:37:05 2009

Croatia playmaker Luka Modric can help fire Tottenham up the Barclays Premier League table next season, according to compatriot Vedran Corluka.

Spurs recovered from a disastrous opening few months to finish the last campaign strongly under Harry Redknapp, reaching the Carling Cup final at Wembley and eventually securing eighth place.

Corluka feels Modric, 24, can play a central role in driving Spurs on. "It was difficult at the start because it was his first time playing in England and nobody in the team was playing well at that point," defender Corluka told the club's official website, www.tottenhamhotspur.com.

He added: "When the team started to play well he showed why he is one of the best young midfielders in the world.

"Hopefully he will be even better next season because he knows how other teams play against us and the surroundings, so it will be a lot easier."

Corluka added: "It is hard for a foreign player at first because everything is so much faster than in other leagues, as well as the physical strength.

"But after half a season, you are used to these things. If you have the same ability of the other players, then eventually you should be able to compete."

Redknapp is keen to bolster his squad ahead of the new campaign.

Spurs are understood to be ready to listen to offers for strikers Roman Pavlyuchenko, a target for old club Spartak Moscow, and Darren Bent, said to be interesting Sunderland, while the future of former England winger David Bentley may also be away from White Hart Lane.

 

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  1. disagree, keano and defoe can gel again this season and­ bring us some much needed goals. keanoooooooooo....

    From peter_652004, on Sun 12 Jul 10:27PM
  2. I think only a wide left player is needed . Yuri­ Zhirkov would have been the perfect signing as he can­ play as left back as well as a winger.

    No idea why­ Bale and Dos Santos didnt work out they are excellent­ young players with lots of potential. Maybe their­ injuries let them down. hope that both of them hit and­ Spurs wouldnt require any other player. Even GK is­ great and have a good backup too.

    But just to be on­ safe side, if they go for Downing, it would complete­ the team and start up strong.

    From Slyshooter, on Sun 12 Jul 5:08PM
  3. With out a doubt we have a lot of quality in all areas­ but we lack consistency & Unfortunately we need to­ replace Ledley. His injuries will not give confidence­ to our back 4. We did very well last year,I thought­ Dawson was awesome when he had to step into­ Ledley's boots. Maybe we still need a proven­ keeper. £25m on a keeper is worth it.Not just for­ keeping clean sheets but for growing confidence with­ the guys in front of him (oh to have Jennings back).I­ think Defoe & Keano will gel again,and with­ Palacious winning 'lost' tackles and Modric­ showing his flair I really think we have a realistic­ chance of breaking into the top 4,after all, this year­ we don't have to worry about additional European­ games.The new stadium will also be a bonus,we can show­ the world we are still one of the largest clubs in the­ world and we will attract better players. A good FA cup­ run will prove how far we have progressed.Bring on­ 2009/10 season. Come on you SPURS. The Cockerel has­ woken.

    From richard.thomas884, on Sat 11 Jul 3:18PM
  4. Its plain and simple we are the best supporters their­ is !! Now lets all give a thumbs up to that­ .......

    And a one finger salute to every other fan­ that comes on here..

    SPURS FOREVER ... N IRELANDS­ NUMBER 1 FAN !

    From stephen.laverty, on Fri 10 Jul 2:10AM
  5. Just to echo everyone who says we need stability. ­ Please please please stop messing with the squad, make­ a small amount of important purchases, and let them gel­ together. As p.tenick says, we don't want another­ "transition" stage. I have to say that the­ last time I felt we had a strong and consistent squad­ was under the great man Martin Jol, who seemed to be­ able to make the team bond (apart from Berba, who's­ eyes were looking elsewhere).

    From marklee_freelance, on Thu 9 Jul 8:01PM
  6. I'm a Spurs supporter, and in my opinion, Redknapp­ should keep Bentley and Bent. Pav hasn't really­ setlled into the EPL, so we could part with him for the­ right amount of money, and find a replacement. Modric,­ Jenas, and Lennon are absolutely brilliant in the­ midfield. King, Woodgate and Dawson are solid­ centrebacks. Corluka is a smashing full-back. Our­ squad's strong enough. What we really need is­ better luck than last season.

    From Sanchit G, on Thu 9 Jul 7:17AM
  7. i think the prob this year will be that harry will­ clear out dead wood, but again will not be given time­ to let them make their mark. unless he buys older­ proven players (the tried and tested method) we will­ not invest in any new talent. i dont see why he wants­ to lose pav? he scored some imprtant goals against top­ teams. we have for the first time in about 2 / 3 years­ we have 4 forwards we should keep, maybe lose bent but­ get another. we have an abundance of midfield that does­ need a shake up so clear out and replace.just keep­ lennon, modric, palacios, maybe hud. and re bolster­ with quality talent. but most of all, get a secure­ regular back 4. king needs to get out before he­ cripples himself. hutton was injured for all the time­ redknapp has been there so why does he want to lose­ him? he was very good in his first season. hutton,­ corluka, woodgate and another as back 4. also i think­ gomes was showing signs of his brilliance and should be­ kept in the sticks with cudicini as back up.

    From lee, on Wed 8 Jul 3:49PM
  8. spurs WILL be signing wally berg - a swedish striker

    From Sean, on Tue 7 Jul 11:42PM
  9. Seems like my comments are being heard, back in for­ Marcus Berg along with Aston Villa. If we don't­ sign anyboby else, it will be more than O.K. Stop­ playing around Harry, you will regret not signing this­ guy. Another thing i'd like to mention is why are­ we always signing players too close to the new season,­ and then end up with these over priced players that­ have been linked with all the top teams you can think­ of. I hope Mr Redknapp is signing the players he has­ been doing his homework for and not being pulled into­ the mind games of Wenger, Fergie and all the other­ managers who like to covet one player but have their­ eyes on their real prize winner which costs less­ overall. It's the truth

    From Tony, on Mon 6 Jul 12:25PM
  10. Many teams in the premiership would like to have­ players like Huddlestone, O'Hara, Palacios, Modric,­ Defoe, Keane, Jenas (not personally a fan), Lennon,­ Woodgate, etc. Spurs have a talented squad and they now­ need to consolidate. You cannot build a strong­ motivated team if you change five or six players every­ year. Harry now has to turn the talent into a­ successful competitive unit that can compete with­ anybody. Last season we saw the potential in patches­ but unless a team can produce high levels of­ performance week in week out, the best it can hope for­ is mid-table mediocrity. I would like to see some­ re-inforcement in defence but other than that Harry­ should concentrate on getting the best out of the­ talent at his disposal. If he can motivate the players,­ Spurs can compete with anyone.

    From sparrow, on Mon 6 Jul 2:09AM
  11. EQUALS ITSELF OUT SO HE IS TIGHT....!!! I KNOW WE ARE­ GETTING A NEW GROUND BUT COME ON LETS SEE SOME REAL­ HARD CORE ACTION IN THE WINDOW.... COYS

    From s.bryl, on Sun 5 Jul 9:37PM
  12. EQUALS ITSELF OUT SO HE IS TIGHT....!!! I KNOW WE ARE­ GETTING A NEW GROUND BUT COME ON LETS SEE SOME REAL­ HARD CORE ACTION IN THE WINDOW.... COYS

    From s.bryl, on Sun 5 Jul 9:37PM
  13. YES AGREE HOWEVER WHAT YOU ALSO GOT TO REALISE THE­ AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GOT FROM THE SALEE OF DEFOE AND­ KEANE AND BERBATOV IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT ALMOST EQ

    From s.bryl, on Sun 5 Jul 9:36PM
  14. YES AGREE HOWEVER WHAT YOU ALSO GOT TO REALISE THE­ AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GOT FROM THE SALEE OF DEFOE AND­ KEANE AND BERBATOV IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT ALMOST EQ

    From s.bryl, on Sun 5 Jul 9:36PM
  15. YES AGREE HOWEVER WHAT YOU ALSO GOT TO REALISE THE­ AMOUNT OF MONEY WE GOT FROM THE SALEE OF DEFOE AND­ KEANE AND BERBATOV IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT ALMOST EQ

    From s.bryl, on Sun 5 Jul 9:36PM
  16. The only place we need players for as i see it is­ defence. As much as Spurs fans love Ledley King, he­ needs to either go, or retire and take up a coaching­ course to work with Spurs. Midfield has improved and­ shored up since Palacios joined Spurs. Modric was good­ last year and i think will be even better next year.­ Keano needs to go, he is'nt the player he was. I­ think the rejection from his boyhood team has hit him­ hard and it will be hard to recover from something like­ that.

    From OMG WTF, on Sun 5 Jul 8:35AM
  17. If you form the league table resulting from the matches­ played between the top 10 clubs in the Premiership last­ season, you find that Spurs finished in third place,­ level on points with Chelsea, with Liverpool first and­ Manchester United second. Arsenal, Everton and Aston­ Villa were behind Spurs. That suggests to me that­ Spurs don't lack quality players, but maybe need to­ exchange a few players for others with more physical­ presence, so that they are not overpowered by the­ physicality of the teams in the bottom half of the­ table.

    From abowtell, on Sat 4 Jul 10:17PM
  18. It still amazes me how some so called Spurs fans say­ we are tight, or Levi is tight. Over the last several­ years we have been the biggest buyers in the league,­ with exception of Chelsea with their big money owner,­ but even now they are not going to spend as much as we­ will. We have a good team, and considering the terrible­ start we had last year, and finishing 8th, i think we­ did okay. We will also struggle to get top top players­ this year because of us not being in Europe this year,­ not because we are tight.

    From OMG WTF, on Sat 4 Jul 8:05PM
  19. joe cole should be our main target, pair him with­ modric, lennon out wide and palacios in the middle. our­ strikers are pretty decent just need time to settle, we­ seem to sell them to early for them to make any impact.­ maybe a couple of wing backs wouldn't hurt either,­ possibly expereinced ones like heinz from real.

    From coriek, on Sat 4 Jul 10:12AM
  20. How many periods of "transition" do us poor­ spurs supporters have to put up with.

    From t.penick, on Sat 4 Jul 7:43AM
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