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The situation went south when despite his, at times misguided backing from the club/fans he's chose to behave the way he has. I didn't hear any of you complaining when trying to extract another year from the quality player that was Modric. I didn't hear you moaning when Levy did the dance to get the best fee for Luca on behalf of your club. I don't get what's so different here.

The difference is that the fee is really fair, £40m is a great deal for Liverpool, especially as you are in a rebuilding phase. Liverpool will not make the Top 4 this year - take the £40m and spend sensibly.

The Modric situation is not a great comparison different due the league position - Spurs were not in a rebuilding phase when Chelsea put in the initial bid - but he wanted to go so he was sold - to a club outside the league*. If Real came with a bid now for the same money as Aresenal, Suarez would be gone.

• - Not turned out to be such a great move for Modric in the grand scheme of things anyway.