da leao： With the Luka Modric situation still unresolved and Scott Parker out through an achilles injury for up to two months, Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas is keen to solve his midfield problems with the signings of Etienne Capoue from Toulouse and Yann M’Vila from Rennes.
da doce： Tottenham scouts observed Capoue play against Montpellier on Friday and then analysed M’Vila’s performance against Lyon on Saturday. Spurs have tabled a £12m bid for M’Vila, but Rennes are keen to hold out for £17m for the defensive midfielder. Both Capoue and M’Vila have represented France at under-21 level.
Playmaker Luka Modric has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, with the Spanish champions submitting a £25m bid for the Croatian international, who Spurs have valued at £40m. Croatian manager Igor Stimac has blasted Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, as he tells The Mail Online Levy “promised a year ago that if an offer came from Madrid, he would let him go. And when the offer came, he changed his mind.” Stimac says that Modric “hopes to move to Madrid. That’s all he wants – to go to Madrid.”