Jose
Mourinho is preparing to
tempt Tottenham
into parting with two prized assets
this summer, with a €115 million swoop to take
Gareth Bale and Luka
Modric to Real Madrid.
According to The Daily Star, the ‘Special One’
believes that the calibre of the Spurs pair warrants the hefty
financial outlay as he looks to strengthen his midfield with energy
and guile, while offering stiff competition on the left-hand side,
where current full-back Marcelo would drop out of the line-up to
accommodate the Welshman.
Real believe that Spurs will demand a minimum of €35m for their
Croatian playmaker, while a whopping €80m – just €14m short of the
fee required to land Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United –
will seal the transfer of Bale.
Nonetheless, as exclusively revealed by Goal, the north London
outfit are set to finalise a new
£100,000-a-week contract (€115,000) with their wing
machine, in a deal
which will make Bale the highest paid player in the club’s history;
securing him to a contract believed to be five years in length,
making Real's pursuit of the Spurs man even more financially
challenging.
Meanwhile, Modric - who like Bale penned a new long-term deal with
Spurs last summer - himself ruled out a move away from White Hart
Lane, insisting that he is ignoring mounting speculation regarding
his future.
"The only truth is that I'm a Tottenham player and I'm happy to be
where I am. I'm fully focused on my job,” he told
Sportskenovosti.
"Following my arrival in 2008 every transfer window is the same.
Newspapers are always talking about me moving away.
He added: "My future? Who knows what the future will bring, but I'm
a Tottenham player and I'm happy to be at White Hart
Lane."