Chelsea make final £30m bid for Modric

Chelsea will make a third bid for Luka Modric this week, it has been reported.

The Blues are set to improve their offer to £30 million but insist they will not break the bank to sign the Croatian playmaker, according to 'The Sun'.
 
Tottenham have already rejected offers of £22 million and £27 million from their London neighbours.
 
Yet Chelsea are confident £30 million will finally land their man - a figure that still falls way below Spurs boss Harry Redknapp's valuation for the unsettled midfielder, who missed Saturday's pre-season friendly at Brighton due to illness.
 
New Blues chief Andre Villas-Boas has already spoken with Stamford Bridge chief executive Ron Gourlay about new signings.
 
When asked about Modric, Gourlay said: "I don't like talking about players from other clubs. But that's something we'll look at during the week and we'll take it from there.
 
"We really need to sit down with Andre and talk this through.

"Even though we've been travelling in the Far East for the past two weeks, you can still be active in the marketplace nowadays.
 
"The communication is always there with our guys back in London or wherever they are around the world."
 

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