Chelsea could face point deduction over Modric storm Published 23:06 18/06/11 By Paul Smith Chelsea face the threat of a points deduction â if found guilty of tapping up Luka Modric. Furious Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is set to report the Blues to the Premier League. He warned Chelsea in writing not to pursue Modric and has now accused them of making public a bid for the player in order to unsettle him. Chelsea have form for making illegal approaches. In 2005, they were fined £300,000 and given a three-point suspended *penalty by an independent *Premier League commission over Ashley Coleâs *recruitment from Arsenal. They were also found guilty by FIFA of making an illegal approach for Gael Kakuta in 2009. Initially that sparked an international transfer ban which was eventually lifted. Spurs will raise this with the Premier League. And any *future tribunal is sure to take into consideration Chelseaâs previous history. Modric went public at the weekend saying he wanted to leave for Chelsea, even though he still has five years left on his £42,000 a-week contract. Itâs believed that his terms at Chelsea could be in the £150,000 a-week class. However, Spurs chairman Levy said: âI wish to make it absolutely clear, as I have said previously, that none of our key players will be sold this summer. âWe are building a team for the future to consistently play at the highest level and *retaining quality players is crucial to that. âIn respect of Luka Modric, we are not prepared to sell, at any price, to Chelsea or any other club. âWe made our stance on this issue abundantly clear in *writing to Chelsea. They chose to ignore it and subsequently made the offer public. âFor the avoidance of any doubt, let me reiterate that we shall not enter into any negotiations whatsoever, with any club, regarding Luka.â Asked if Chelsea had made public a bid for Modric, a club spokesman said: âNonsense.â Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said: âThe chairman has made a statement today. He canât backtrack on that. He means that â I know he means that. Lukaâs not going. âDaniel and Joe Lewis own the club. Theyâre not selling Luka â end of story, as far as Iâm concerned. Itâs not easy to keep a player whoâs not happy, but the chairman has said we are not going to sell him, so we have got to stand by that now. âIf we sell Luka where are we going as a *football club? âWeâll have to accept then that weâre a middle-of-the-*table team that will finish in the top half next season and really thatâs not what the chairman wants, itâs not what I want. âItâs not, most importantly, what the fans want.â http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/New....l#ixzz1PhyMSpi9
It would be nice to think this might happen but they'll get away with it as they always do... If it was us it'd be automatic relegation...
That's just stupid Sooperhoop. As much as I hate them, it would be utterly ridiculous for them to get a points deduction for this, it's just sour grapes from tottenham, well, Daniel Levi in particular. This is a total non-story anyway.
I'm exaggerating to point out there's one rule for the big teams and another for the rest of us. Do you think ManUre would've been given the same treatment we got over Faurlin?
