Luk no further

Posted Thursday, July 21, 2011 by The Sun

HARRY REDKNAPP has pleaded for patience from Spurs 'genius' Luka Modric.

Boss Redknapp says Modric is good enough to play for Barcelona but insists Tottenham can match his fierce ambition.

The Croatian midfielder, 25, has publicly declared his desire to quit White Hart Lane.

And Chelsea are waiting in the wings with the lure of a Champions League place and £150,000-a-week wages.

Speaking from Tottenham's mini-tour of South Africa, 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.

"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.

"Luka wants the chance to win things and he is ambitious. All I'll say is that we are too at Tottenham.

"It's early days in the transfer market and no one is more ambitious than our chairman Daniel Levy.

"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.

"I have sympathy for Luka and his character has shone through in all this.

"He's a fantastic bloke and a genius of a player. I'd just ask him to be patient."

Talks over a loan deal for Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor are ongoing while Villarreal hitman Giuseppe Rossi is also on Redknapp's wish-list.