EXCLUSIVE: Tottenham will offer Modric lots of lucre to stay
By Sami Mokbel
Last updated at 10:50 PM on 6th March 2012
Tottenham are ready to offer Luka Modric a £3.5million loyalty bonus to ensure he stays.
A new long-term contract worth a club-record £100,000 per week has been on the table since last year.
It has become clear, however, that offer is unlikely to be enough to persuade Modric to sign as he knows he can earn significantly more elsewhere.
Price of loyalty: Modric can pocket a £3.5m bonus, plus £100k a week
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has renewed his attempts to get the Croatia midfielder to sign a five-year deal, but the player wants to wait until the summer before deciding his future.
Due to Spurs' stringent wage structure, £100,000 a week is as much as they can offer and so are exploring the option of giving Modric a hefty bonus instead.
Whether or not Harry Redknapp stays at Spurs in the summer is likely to have a major bearing on Modric's decision.
Thanks, but no thanks: Redknapp says he isn't interested in the Chelsea job
The Tottenham boss ruled himself out of a high-profile managerial job available, saying: 'Chelsea? That's all I need! I wouldn't be able to come back to north London, so I think I'll pass.'
However, the other high-profile vacancy, that of England manager, is the one Redknapp is favourite to fill.
Give it to, Harrry Redknapp should answer the FA's call, claims Hoddle
The FA will be hoping he heeds the advice of a former national team boss, Glenn Hoddle, who insists Redknapp would regret not taking the chance to lead his country.
There are some who think he would be unwise to leave White Hart Lane for the England job but Hoddle, who was national manager from 1996 to 1999, says Redknapp, 65, should answer the FA's call.
'People said to me I was too young when I took the England job - but I didn't know if I would get another opportunity,' said Hoddle.
'I was doing really well at Chelsea, I was loving it there like Harry is loving it at Spurs - it's a very similar situation, a very difficult situation.
'But when your country comes calling, you take it. You never know if you are going to be asked again.
'If you've been offered the chance to manage your country and offered the chance to work with the very best players, it's the best job in the world. But it's also the toughest.
'Why is it the best job? Well, you start thinking of having the cream of the country to work with. You think about trying to plot yourself against the best teams in the world and trying to qualify - that's exciting.
'Then if you get to a tournament, these are the things that history is made of. How can you turn that down? If it goes wrong, then it goes wrong. But you've got to believe in yourself enough to do the job.'
Hoddle - who managed England at the 1998 World Cup - admits he still harbours some ill-feeling towards the FA over the way he was sacked after comments he made about disabled people.
But he added: 'It would be nice to manage England again. I feel I've got unfinished business. I had a 61 per cent win percentage and that's what it should be about. But it wasn't, it was ridiculous and it was totally out of order what happened.'
Tonight, Redknapp and Tottenham take on Stevenage in an FA Cup fifth-round replay at White Hart Lane and the League One side's manager Gary Smith said: 'It'll be nice to pit my wits against the England manager elect. I've got a plan, Harry will have his plan and who knows what can happen.'
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