Modric: Levy threatened to sideline me

Tottenham midfielder Luka Modric claims the club’s chairman Daniel Levy threatened to make him sit in the stands unless he accepted Spurs’ position that he is not for sale.

Modric, 25, has been the subject of a £22m bid from London rivals Chelsea but Levy rejected the offer and insisted he will not let Spurs’ key man leave, although the player himself claims that stance has broken an agreement the two men struck up last summer.