Quotes on the modric novel..

? Luka Modric does the decent thing... by running off to the papers to say that he wants to join Chelsea.

? Ahh, the old 'it's the chairman's fault that I signed a six-year deal only 12 months ago and I really, really want to go and it's really, really not fair' card being used very early on by Modric. Well played, Daniel Levy.

? Good to see that old 'I don't want to fight' tactic worked out for you, Luka.

? Says Redknapp, a man who could write a book on derisory bids for players. Just ask David Moyes, who was offered a mouldy loaf of bread and some loose change for his captain Phil Neville back in January.