LONDON (AFP) – Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has branded Chelsea's reported ?22 million ($35m) bid to sign Luka Modric as "ridiculous" and insisted that his midfield star will not be leaving the club this summer.
Redknapp is keen to hold on to the 25-year-old, who enjoyed a superb season at the heart of the Spurs midfield last year.
The 64-year-old Redknapp recently described Modric as "irreplaceable" in the wake of reported interest from Chelsea, and the Londoners are understood to have had a ?22million offer for the Croatian playmaker rejected on Wednesday night.
"Luka is not for sale," Redknapp told the BBC.
"If there has been a bid of ?22m, that is ridiculous. There are people being sold for ?20m who are not fit to lace Luka's boots."
Modric joined Spurs from Dinamo Zagreb in 2008 for ?16.6m and has played 120 games and scored 12 goals. He signed a new six-year deal at the club last year.
Earlier this month Modric told a Croatian newspaper that he was happy at Spurs but would be open to a move if the club altered their stance and chose to sell him.
"If an offer comes which is good for Tottenham and for me also, then a transfer is possible," said Modric.
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