Chelsea sights on Luka Modric as Avram Grant plans summer spree | Chelsea

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Luka On The Cheap?
Published 2/9/2008 by Jack at Chelsea
... The Times is reporting that Chelsea are planning a revised bid for Crotia midfielder Luka Modric in the summer. The story says we launched a bid at the end of the January window, but were put off by Dynamo Zagreb’s £20 million evaluation. Much to my enjoyment, the Blues value him at less than half that. The Times also reports that Modric will be able to buy his way out of his contract in 12 months due to the “Webster” ruling. This could lead to Chelsea’s interest being much more attractive to Zagreb — but who knows. ...

Andy Webster Already Impacting The Summer Market
Published 2/12/2008 by chris at The Offside
... . However, it may be a future Chelsea player, and one of the continent’s greatest “prospects”, who has the first marked impact on the game regarding this rule. (I think he’s gone well beyond prospect but can’t usher him into overall greatness just yet.) There has been no shortage of rumors linking Chelsea to Luka Modric over the last 6-12 months, but the Webster ruling is now impacting how soon Dinamo Zagreb must consider selling him - Luka can buy out his contract for a paltry £1.5m less than a year from now despite being worth well more than ten times that figure. There was ...