Chelsea ready to steal Real target Modric

Chelsea are ready to make fresh bid for Luka Modric who is poised for a move to Real Madrid.

In spite of having a £40 million offer turned down in last summer's transfer window, Roman Abramovich will throw his hat into the ring again for the Croatia midfielder in an 11th hour bid to hijack his move to Spain, according to the Daily Mail.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy holds the key to a series of big money deals which are inextricably linked with the Modric move, the report added.

That includes Robin van Persie's possible move to Manchester City and Tottenham completing the £15m signing of Emmanuel Adebayor, as well as attempting to snatch Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho from under the noses of Manchester United as Modric's midfield replacement.

Adebayor's departure from City will free up the club's bid to sign Van Persie after United decided that Arsenal's £30m asking price was poor value for a 29-year-old who will have insignificant sell-on value.

Although Juventus have been strongly linked with the Holland striker, he favours a switch to the Etihad Stadium.

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