Fredy Gaurin

I think we should forget Essien.

If he eventually comes back and is the Essien of old - well thst will be a bonus. But we should assume that won't happen.

We need a Modric Type player much more than we need an Essien replacement. That is what Guarin is. we need someone to dictate the tempo of our midfield and keep everything moving. Guarin is not that player. Modric seems to be completely misunderstood here if people think him and Benayoun are even slightly comparable.

Guarin is a great player, but we need a Modric type player more. This doesn;t have to be Modric, there is Moutinho, Banega etc, but it certainly isn't Guarin.

Real Madrid found Modric out last season, he was rubbish against them. I don't understand all this hype about him. 22 million at best.

I would rather we pay 60-70 million for Thiago than waste 30+ million on Modric.

Whether you rate Modric or not. Mceachran is a a few ears away from playing week in week out, to bridge that gap we need a midfield player who can dictate the tempo of our midfield. Last season so many moves stalled because of us lacking this player. Like I said, whether it is Modric or not, we need someone like this. we missed the best option when Nuri Sahin signed for Real Madrid.

You are right, but thr prices quoted for Modric are ridiculous.

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He only started 10 games last season, and was complaining on his twitter because he wasn't playing enough. Don't want him.

I agree. but it's not my money, I couldn;t care less how much we pay.

Personally I think Hernanes of Lazio or Ever Banega of Valencia would be excellent options but we haven't been linked to either. Moutinho will cost £35m and Modric is at least premier league proven.

On the Madrid match. Spurs play with basically 2 in the middle and Modric was well up against it in those matches trying to hold the midfield together himself with VDV never filtering back and Sandro basically just running around aimlessly. We play 3 in the middle and Modric will have better players around him. I think Modric would be a huge success at Chelsea

I think Thiago will become one of the best midfielders in the world, but he has already made public that he turned down a chance to speak to us already. it's a non starter.