Source: Daily_Mail
Harry Redknapp pleads with Luka Modric to stay at Tottenham
Harry Redknapp has begged wantaway star Luka Modric to show some patience and stay at Tottenham.[LNB]The Spurs boss insists the Croatian midfielder is good enough to play for any club in the world but he believes that his side can match Modric's ambitions.[LNB]The 25-year-old has been the subject of a bid from Chelsea and has declared his intention to leave White Hart Lane this summer.[LNB] Plea: Harry Redknapp has begged Luka Modric to stay at Tottenham[LNB]Speaking from South Africa, where his side are currently on tour, Redknapp said: 'I can understand how Luka feels in all this. If anyone offers to treble your wages you'd be interested and Chelsea are a big club.[LNB]'Everyone wants Luka. Just ask Alex Ferguson what he thinks of him, ask Roberto Mancini at Manchester City - they all want him. He could play for Barcelona.[LNB]'Luka wants the chance to win things and he is ambitious. All I'll say is that we are too at Tottenham.[LNB] Ambitious: Modric (left) captained Spurs against Orlando Pirates[LNB]'It's early days in the transfer market and no one is more ambitious than our chairman Daniel Levy.[LNB]'Luka wants to know that we'll be right up there challenging next season and we are working hard to bring in a couple of big signings that may convince him to stick with us. I hope so.[LNB]'I have sympathy for Luka and his character has shone through in all this.[LNB]'He's a fantastic bloke and a genius of a player. I'd just ask him to be patient.'[LNB] CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE FANTASY FOOTBALL GAMESandro to give Tottenham a boost by returning to action within a monthAll the latest Tottenham news, features and opinion[LNB]
